Here’s What You Need to Know: The XP-55 Ascender was an odd-ball plane that didn’t enter production. In 1939, the Army put out a call for tenders, asking aircraft manufacturers to design an airframe ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Not long before America declared war ...
In 1939, the Army put out a call for tenders, asking aircraft manufacturers to design an airframe that was superior to existing planes with a focus on speed and the pilot’s line of sight. It also ...
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The WWII fighter that was built backwards and nearly killed its pilots
Designed with canards up front and a pusher prop in the rear, the Curtiss XP-55 looked more like science fiction than a warplane. It promised agility, speed, and innovation - but ended up being ...
In the good grey New York Times appeared a picture of Curtiss-Wright’s new XP-55 experimental fighter (see U.S. AT WAR). The Times ran a five-line headline to explain solemnly why the new backside-to ...
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