The Republic F-84 Thunderjet is an American turbojet fighter-bomber aircraft. Originating as a 1944 United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) proposal for a "day fighter", the F-84 first flew in …

[1] [2] The Tip Tow aircraft consisted of a specially modified ETB-29A (serial number 44-62093) and two EF-84D (serial numbers 48-641 and 48-661). A number of flights were undertaken, …

F-84D, 48-641, was officially delivered to the Air Force on May 16, 1949, but it remained in the possession of Republic at Farmingdale until August 1950. Its designation was changed to EF …

The nose of the EF-84D broke away from the rest of the airplane. The B-29 went into a steep spiral and crashed into Peconic Bay, Long Island, NY and the F-84 crashed shortly thereafter. …

EF-84D. Two F-84Ds, EF-84D 48-641 and EF-84D 48-661 were modified with coupling devices; 641 starboard wing, 661 port wing for "Tip-Tow Project MX106 Wing Coupling Experiments." …

Dec 14, 2017 · Over the following months, many more coupling flights were made under various conditions, even at night, enough to prove to the Air Force brass that the concept might just …

Sep 6, 2022 · Project Tip-Tow used a modified ETB-29A Superfortress with two Republic EF-84Ds attached to its wings. The idea was that the bomber could turn off its engines and rely on …

Dec 1, 2017 · The next step was to scale it up to operational level, with a Boeing ETB-29A bomber and two Republic EF-84D Thunderjets. The Air Force awarded Republic Aviation a …

Aug 6, 2019 · D esigned by Republic Aviation Corporation engineer Alex Kartveli — progenitor of the P-47 Thunderbolt — the F-84 Thunderjet became the US Air Force’s second operational …

EF-84D Two F-84Ds, EF-84D 48-641 and EF-84D 48-661 were modified with wing-tip coupling devices to allow them to link in-flight with the wingtips of a B-29 bomber and extend the range …