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Castoring wheels were fitted to the ends ot the wings and taił surtaces
The Convair XFY-1 Pogo was designed to take-off and land vertically. Only one pilot was brave enough ever to fly the dangerous machinę
Ti > board the Pogo, the p lot had to dimb a nery tali ladder and He o ? his back while the -craft sat on its tali
7 he spinner was intended to carry an air-intercept radar, although Convair’s designers had not worked out how to stop the radar rotating with the spinner