Manufacturer: Chance Vought

Model: unknown

Name: Plunderer

Type:

Date: 1949

Status: Prototype evaluation

Country: United States

Service: U.S. Navy

Designation: XKD6U-1

I believe many of you will recognize right away what aircraft served as the basis for the Plunderer... the XF6U-1 Pirate, Vought's first jet fighter (original picture here [link]). I removed the cockpit, shrank the wings and shortened the horizontal tail... well that's about it, really!

• it's really good  (mikey-fox)