Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart, 135763, San Diego Aerospace Museum
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Registration: 135763
Construction Number: Unknown
Model Convair YF2Y-1 Sea Dart
Operator: San Diego Aerospace Museum
Airport: San Diego - Balboa Park, Aerospace Museum, USA - California
Photographer: Martin Laycock
Date Taken: 10/1992
Date Submitted: 17/03/2009
The SeaDart, a wacky idea if ever there was one! She was the result of a design contest initiated by the US Navy in 1948 for a supersonic interceptor seaplane. This airframe was the The number three SeaDart, YF2Y-1 Bu. No. 135763, she joined the test program in March of 1955 and was the nearest to a full production model. Only four SeaDarts were constructed but all survive to this day, this one displayed outside the San Diego Aerospace Museum.
Picture ID:1163836