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From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: SeaDart
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Date: 10 Aug 90 01:08:02 GMT
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From: wb9omc@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Duane P Mantick)
>>From: fiddler@concertina.Eng.Sun.COM (Steve Hix)
>> XF92: Whoo, boy....can't remember the name of this one but it was
>> 	sort of the original Convair Delta-wing fighter vehicle.
>Launched from water off hydrofoils.  Exploded during test flight, data
>led to design of F-102.

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I think you have confused the XF92 and the Convair SeaDart (numbers not
remembered).  The SeaDart did indeed take off from water and there were
in fact, troubles, not the least of which was an explosion (which may have
been near the San Diego area...not certain).  The XF92 proper, though,
was only for use on dry runways.....    :-)