You Won’t Believe These Planes Never Made It To Production

This aircraft was created based off of a pre-production model of the F-18. This particular F-18 was built before it became known as the F/A-18. Used as a HARV (High Alpha Research Vehicle) this model had unfortunately been largely stripped by the Navy. Thus, mechanics had to find new parts and rewire the aircraft. Tested in 3 phases, the result was some great images but didn’t ultimately lead to the production of the plane.