What kind of aircraft is this?

Silverplate · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:19 am

http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/image/64601170

Some great photos on this site:

http://www.pbase.com/marauder61/vintage ... hotography

gary1954 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:25 am

I dunno, but I bet it had one heck of a cruise speed for a prop-job, looks very dy-o-namic

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:46 am

made by republic, don't remember the designation xb 69 or 67?? very advanced & state of the art, very controversial, & washed out fast. very beautiful lines too. i think howard hughes had a hand in this 1 if i recall correctly??

tom d. friedman · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:46 am

made by republic, don't remember the designation xb 69 or 67?? very advanced & state of the art, very controversial, & washed out fast. very beautiful lines too. i think howard hughes had a hand in this 1 if i recall correctly??

visaliaaviation · **Joined:** Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:01 pm **Posts:** 353

This was Republic's follow-on bid to their P-47. Can't recall it's official designation but it's known as the Rainbow, IIRC.

Republic lost it's fighter sales as the USAAF was standardizing on P-51 from mid-'44 onwards. So instead of fighters or bombers Republic developed their SeaBee.

jwc50 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:50 am

Republic "Rainbow:"

http://www.air-and-space.com/Republic%20XF-12.htm

T J Johansen · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 9:31 am

And you can find some footage of the a/c on youtube if I'm not mistaken.

T J

The Inspector · **Posted:** Thu Jan 10, 2008 2:41 pm

Republic XF-12 (photo recon, not fighter) RAINBOW 4 P&W 4360's and augmented exhaust. PAN AM placed preliminary orders for an airliner version (like they did for the LOCKHEED CONSTITUTION and XC-99) Cool looking but came along at the wrong point in time, everyone was getting high on JP-2 fumes about this time frame=

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