Douglas XF4D-1 124587, c/n 7463

Only two built. The other was 124586

Infrmation from Joe Baugher's web site, www.joebaugher.com

set world speed record of 752.944 mph 10/3/53. This plane was delivered to GE Flight Test at Edwards AFB Jul 1955 and performed flight tests on J79 and CJ805. Bailed to General Electric for turbojet tests, 1956. Returned to US Navy May 1960. Written off, October 19, 1960. Now on outside display at US Naval Museum of Armament and Technology, China Lake, California, on loan from National Naval Aviation Museum.

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