First Jet Take-off From Carrier: The McDonnell XFD-1 Phantom, the Navy's first all-jet plane, shown taking of from the flight deck of the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt. The twin-jet Phantom is the first jet plane to take-off from and land on the deck of a U. S. carrier. (U. S. Navy photo )
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Aviation Week | July 29, 1946
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