Republic XF-84H
The XF-84H was a joint Air Force/Navy project based
on the F-84F. It was originally designed to combine the speed of
jet aircraft with the long range, low fuel consumption, and low
landing speed of propeller-driven aircraft. The XF-84H was the fastest
single-engine propeller-driven aircraft ever built.
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The aircraft pictured here was the first of the two prototypes
produced by Republic. It flew eight of the 12 test flights. The
National Air Museum obtained the aircraft from Kern County, California,
in February 1999.
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