Detailed tour around the first American jet fighter! The Lockheed F-80!

Join me in this guided tour of a Lockheed F-80C (P-80) on display at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton OHIO. While the Bell P-59B was the first American jet, it's underwhelming performance meant that the air force instead bought and flew the F-80.

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0:00 intro
0:15 background with Me 262, Gloster Meteor and Arado Ar 234
0:40 Bell P-59B Aircomet
0:56 start at the nose and 0.50 in (12.7mm) M3 Browning machine guns
1:28 landing gear
1:50 air intakes
4:00 wing and tip-tanks
5:00 bombs and rockets
5:15 tail
5:17 Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal compressor turbojet
6:45 cockpit and flying one
7:47 development and WW2
8:12 Korean War
8:41 T-33 trainer
8:53 F-94 Starfire
9:06 EF-88 prone pilot test
9:36 FP-80 reconnaissance aircraft.
9:44 P-80R high performance model