Consolidated Vultee XP-81
PROTOTYPE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT
XP-81; Consolidated-Vultee XP-81; Convair XP-81; Convair 102; Convair P-81
The Consolidated Vultee XP-81 (later redesignated ZXF-81) is a development of the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation to build a single seat, long range escort fighter that combined use of both turbojet and turboprop engines. Although promising, the lack of suitable engines combined with the end of World War II doomed the project.