page_title: Convair F2Y Sea Dart
section_title: Aircraft on display
hierarchical_section_title: Convair F2Y Sea Dart / Aircraft on display
caption_attribution_description: Convair F2Y Sea Dart at the San Diego Aerospace Museum The spikes along the top aren't part of the plane; they keep birds off.
context_page_description: The Convair F2Y Sea Dart was an American seaplane fighter aircraft that rode on twin hydro-skis during takeoff and landing. It flew only as a prototype, and never entered mass production. It is the only seaplane to have exceeded the speed of sound.
  It was created in the 1950s, to overcome the problems with supersonic planes taking off and landing on aircraft carriers. The program was canceled after a series of unsatisfactory results and a tragic accident on 4 November 1954, when test pilot Charles E. Richbourg was killed when the Sea Dart he was piloting disintegrated in midair. The four surviving planes were retired in 1957, but some were kept in reserve until 1962.
context_section_description: All four remaining Sea Darts survive to this day.
  XF2Y-1 Sea Dart, Bureau Number 137634, is in bad shape due to a mistake with a crane and is awaiting restoration for the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C..
  YF2Y-1 Sea Dart, Bureau Number 135763, is on display at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park.  It is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola.
  YF2Y-1 Sea Dart, Bureau Number 135764, is on display at the Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum at NAS Willow Grove, Pennsylvania.  It is on loan from the National Museum of Naval Aviation at NAS Pensacola.
  YF2Y-1 Sea Dart, Bureau Number 135765, is on display at the Florida Air Museum that is part of the Sun 'n Fun complex at Lakeland Linder International Airport, Florida.
caption: Sea Dart at the San Diego Aerospace Museum
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