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in 1927 by the Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company. The sole prototype was rebuilt into the XF2G with the addition of a single

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and a different engine, but the aircraft was destroyed in a crash in 1928, and the type did not enter production.

Development

The Eberhart Aeroplane and Motor Company produced its first original plane in 1927—the XFG—as a shipboard fighter for the U.S. Navy. It was of welded steel tube and

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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,

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in late 1927, and was returned to Eberhart, where it was reconstructed as the XF2G with the addition of a single

and a new Pratt & Whitney R-1340-D engine. The XF2G-1 prototype was sent back to the Navy for testing at

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in January 1928, but in March 1928, the plane crashed during trials and was destroyed.Angelucci, Enzo, ''The American Fighter: The Definitive Guide to American Fighter Aircraft From 1917 to the Present'', New York: Orion Books, 1987, , p. 194. No further production ensued.

Specifications (XFG)

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