File:Convair XFY-1 taking off at NAAF Brown Field 1954.jpeg
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| Description | A U.S. Navy Convair XFY-1 experimental vertical take off and landing aircraft (BuNo 138649) in flight at Naval Auxiliary Air Station Brown Field, California (USA), in November 1954. Flying in the background is a Grumman TBM-3 Avenger. Their aircraft was called the "Pogo" after the popular "pogo stick" toy. |
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| Source | U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo No. 2011.045.004 |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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