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| name=F2W
| image=Wright F2W-1.jpg
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| type=Racer
| national origin=[[United States]]
| manufacturer=[[Wright Aeronautical Corporation]]
| designer=
| first flight=2 August 1923<ref name="Angel">Angelucci, 1987. pp. 461-462.</ref>
| introduced=
| retired=
| status=Destroyed
| primary user=
| number built=2
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The '''Wright F2W''' was an American racing aircraft built by [[Wright Aeronautical Corporation]] for the [[US Navy]].
==Development and design==
The F2W was ordered by the US Navy to enter in the 1923 [[Pulitzer Trophy]]. Wright built the aircraft primarily of wood, covered in fabric, and was powered by the [[Wright T-3 Tornado]] engine. The first F2W flew for the first time on 2 August 1923.<ref name="Angel"/>
==Operational history==
During the Pulitzer Race, the first F2W ran out of fuel and crashed. The second F2W, which carried twice as much fuel, finished third at 230.06&nbsp;mph (370.25&nbsp;km/h). It was later converted into a [[floatplane]] as the F2W-2 to take part in the 1924 [[Schneider Trophy]] race. During testing it was very unstable, and on its only flight, on 11 October 1924, crashed into the [[Delaware River]] at [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, when the tremendous torque of the Tornado engine flipped it onto its back while attempting to land.<ref>Jones, Lloyd S., "U.S. Naval Fighters", Aero Publishers, Inc., Fallbrook, California, 1977, Library of Congress card number 77-20693, {{ISBN|0-8168-9254-7}}, page 30.</ref> The pilot, badly injured, extricated himself from the wreckage.<ref>United Press, "Naval Racing Plane Lost", ''Madera Daily Tribune'', Madera County, California, Saturday 11 October 1924, Volume XXXIV, page 1.</ref>
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==Operators==
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*[[United States Navy]]
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==Specifications==
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=The American Fighter from 1917 to the present <ref name="Angel"/>
|prime units? = imp
|crew=1
|length m=6.92
|length ft=19
|length in=9
|span m=6.85
|span ft=22
|span in=6
|height m=2.84
|height ft=9
|height in=4
|wing area sqm=16.16
|wing area sqft=174
|empty weight kg=1,119
|empty weight lb=2,468
|gross weight kg=1,400
|gross weight lb=3,086
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=[[Wright T-3 Tornado]]
|eng1 kw=582
|eng1 hp=780
|max speed kmh=386
|max speed mph=240
}}
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==References==
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* {{cite book |last= Angelucci |first= Enzo |title=The American Fighter from 1917 to the present |year=1987 |publisher=Orion Books |location=New York |isbn= 0-517-56588-9 }}
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