Republic AP-47 Mixed-Power Ground Support Thunderbolt Proposal of 1948

[jzichek]

New article on the Republic AP-47 Mixed-Power Ground Support Airplane Proposal of 1948 is now up at RetroMechanix.com:



This was an evolution of the venerable P-47 that featured the addition of a jet power plant in the aft fuselage, among many other modifications. The accompanying gallery features 5 images, including high resolution general arrangement and inboard profile drawings.

-Jared

[PACOPEPE]

Very interesting. These are the thems that i like.  

I didn´t know this article, only the three stages of the jet version, untill the prototype XP-84, that finished finally on F-84 Thunderjet.

I´ve already thought to make a kit base in a mixed powered version, with the XP-47 H. This inspired me definitively.


All the best
Fran

[dy031101]

I didn't expect a pre-'50s plane to have a ground-attack-centric application with mixed-power plane...... interesting.