AFXY-1 Pogo U.S. Army The Skyrocket made aviation history

The Skyrocket made aviation history when it became the first airplane to fly twice the speed of sound

On long flights

At the time MDC anticipated a formal program launch by late 1991 and a first flight in July 1994

American Airlines MD-11 airplane model

Prototype construction began in January 1962

AFXY-1 Pogo U.S. Army The Skyrocket made aviation historyConvair Pogo airplane model. As with the Lockheed XFV 1, the Pogo used the Allison YT40 A 14 engine and Curtiss Wright counter rotating propellers but was somewhat more compact and less conventional in appearance. The Pogo was 31 ft long with a 26 ft wide delta wing. A large vertical stabilizer above the wing was matched by an equally sized ventral fin below which could be jettisoned for an emergency horizontal landing. The seat was inclined 45 toward