- Eberhart FG
__NOTOC__ The Eberhart XFG was an American single-seat experimental ship-borne fighter developed for the
United States Navy in 1927.Development
The Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company produced its first original plane in 1927 - the XFG as a shipboard fighter for the US Navy. It was of welded steel tube and dural construction with fabric skinning. An unusual feature was the application of sweepback to the upper mainplane and forward sweep to the lower.
Operational history
The sole XFG-1 prototype was tested by the
United States Navy in late 1927, and was returned to Eberhart, where it was reconstructed as theEberhart F2G .Variants
Eberhart F2G pecifications
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