Curtiss XF15C
The Curtiss XF15C-1 is a mixed-propulsion (piston and jet-powered) fighter aircraft prototype of the 1940s. Designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, it was one of two similar designs ordered by the United States Navy (USN) before pure-jet aircraft had demonstrated their ability to operate from aircraft carriers and the mixed-propulsion designs were abandoned.