A Grumman F9F-2 <i>Panther</i> (BuNo 122560) at the Langley Aeronautical Laboratory at Hampton, Virginia (USA). Originally built as a F9F-3, this Grumman F9F-2 <i>Panther</i> had a Pratt &amp; Whitney J42 turbojet power plant, hence the designation change. This <i>Panther</i> underwent handling quality tests, serving long enough at Langley to witness the change from the NACA to NASA on 1 October 1958.
NASA
1958-04-16
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