page_title: Convair XF-92
section_title: Popular culture
hierarchical_section_title: Convair XF-92 / Popular culture
caption_attribution_description: English: Convair XF-92A painted as a MiG-23 for the movie Jet Pilot (1957).
context_page_description: The Convair XF-92 was an early American delta wing aircraft. Originally conceived as a point-defence interceptor, the design was later used purely for experimental purposes. However, it led Convair to use the delta-wing on a number of designs, including the F-102 Delta Dagger, F-106 Delta Dart, B-58 Hustler, the US Navy's F2Y Sea Dart as well as the VTOL FY Pogo.
context_section_description: An unusual application of the XF-92A was as a movie model, stepping into the role of the "MiG-23" in the Howard Hughes film, Jet Pilot, starring John Wayne and Janet Leigh. Due to the lengthy delay in releasing the film, by the time it appeared in 1957, the XF-92A's role had been left on the cutting room floor. It did appear in the film Toward the Unknown (1956) starring William Holden, again in the guise of another aircraft, this time, the F-102 Delta Dagger.
caption: Convair XF-92A painted as a fictional MiG-23 for the movie Jet Pilot
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