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Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2016 5:14 pm Post subject: Quiz #67 |
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1. Bell Aircraft Corporation
2. XP-59A (P-5pA Airacomet)
3a. XP-59 - Initial Prototype Designation; None produced; based on the smaller XP-52
pusher-prop design.
XP-59A - Designation of early batch of AAF early development platforms,
3 productions made
YP-59 - Pre-production model designation
YP-59A - Fitted with more powerful engines, service testing platform, 13
examples produced
P-59A - Initial production model designation, 20 examples produced for AAF
P-59B - Improved P-59A models, 30 examples produced with a further 50
on order eventually cancelled
YF2L-1 - US Navy designation YP-59A evaluations version
4. A handful of the first Airacomets had open-air flight observer stations (similar to those of biplanes) later cut into the nose;
It had straight wings mounted about mid-height on the fuselage. A high T-tail ensured that the tail would not interfere with the airflow from the engines
While being handled on the ground, the aircraft was fitted with a dummy propeller to disguise its true nature.[
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