Warbird Information Exchange

I have a soft spot for US planes that actually flew and were intended for production, but lost competitions to other designs or were never put into production but a few prototypes flew. I have had the pleasure of seeing many of these, and perhaps surprisingly quite a few of these "losing" designs still survive.

I have seen the following in person:
F-107, Dayton
A-9, both survivors at Castle and March
SkyShark- derelict at Chino in the late 1970's, since moved. Status?
F-17 Cobra, both survivors at Torrance and USS Alabama
F-23, Hawthrone and later at Torrance, and Dayton.
SeaDart, San Diego and Pennsylvania (PA one never flew)
X-32, Patuxent River
Hercules/Spruce Goose- when in the dome at Long Beach
XB-70, Dayton
XC-142 tilt wing, sole survivor of 5, Dayton
Curtis XB? Quonset Museum

Likely forgetting a few, especially at Dayton.

On my bucket list:
POGO- bring it to Udvar Hazy please!
Bell design that lost to the Blackhawk- Ft Rucker?
F-11 "Super Tiger"- China Lake?

What other US "losing"/cancelled aircraft still survive?

I believe both the YC-14 & 15 are still around. Pima?
F-20 Tigershark California Science Center
XF-85 Dayton
T-46 Dayton, Edwards, AMARG

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The SkyShark is currently sitting at the San Diego Air & Space Museum's Annex at Gillespie Field in El Cajon, CA. East of San Diego.

Douglas BTD-1 Destroyer. Now with the Hixon Museum of Flight in Rome, GA.

http://mofts.org/btd-1-destroyer.html

Double post

Fisher XP-75, Dayton.

I disagree with your word choice, many of the aircraft you name weren't "losers" (which implies a design fault) whereas many were built when outdated due to changing requirements(XB-70) or good ideas that predate the technology necessary to make them perform like today's equivalents (XC-142).

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Consolidated Vultee XP-81 - both prototypes were derelict on the base photo range at Edwards until the NMUSAF recovered them in the 1970s; they've been stored at the museum since then.

Wikipedia:


Enigma Enterprises "Range Rats" page 3:


NMUSAF:

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