On January 14, 1953, Convair's YF2Y-1 Sea Dart made its first flight, becoming the only seaplane fighter to break the sound ...

In the 1950s, amidst the tensions of the Cold War, the U.S. Navy embarked on an ambitious project to reshape naval aviation. The star of this groundbreaking effort was the XF2Y-1 Sea Dart, a daring ...