Some amazing airplanes rolled off the factory floor at Republic Aviation's factory in Farmingdale, New York. Lots of their designs are well known and well celebrated. Like The mighty P-47 Thunderbolt, ...

Designed in the early Cold War as an experimental hybrid between jet and propeller aircraft, the Thunderscreech was intended to merge the fast climb rates of propeller planes with jet-level speed. But ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Due to poor performance, high maintenance, and its other issues, the XF-84H never became operational. One of the two prototypes is now in the collection of the ...

In the early days of the jet era, one fighter stood head and shoulders above the rest ... as the worst American fighter of the Cold War. The Republic XF-84H Thunderscreech was a well-intentioned ...

The XF-84H was an ambitious project to reverse-engineer a jet-powered F-84 into a prop-driven aircraft capable of achieving near-jet performance. The United States Navy initially had an interest in a ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Due to poor performance, high maintenance, and its other issues, the XF-84H never became operational. One of the two prototypes is now in the collection of the ...

Sonic booms can be loud. Really loud. Commercial aviation was restricted from breaking the sound barrier after a handful of tests in the 1960s showed just how harmful going supersonic could be to ...

Planes are associated with loud noise, especially during take-off and landing that impacts the lives of those living near the airports. But nothing comes close to XF-84H Thunderscreech, a ...