First flight view of the Lockheed XF-90 | Aviation Week, October 24, 1949

 

First flight view of the Lockheed XF-90, experimental supersonic penetration fighter, now undergoing flight testing at Muroc AFB with Lockheed test pilot Tony LeVier at the controls. Unusually large (220-gal.) wing-tip tanks are shown which help to give the Lockheed fighter its unusually long range for a jet plane. Powered by two West inghouse J-34 turbojets, and Solar afterburners, the XF-90 has now made more than 25 successful flights and has exceeded Mach 1.