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    The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with...
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  • The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and...
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    experimental canard fighters were flown, including the Ambrosini SS.4, Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender and Kyūshū J7W1 Shinden. These were attempts at using the canard...
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  • R40C. The Vultee design won the competition, beating the Curtiss XP-55 Ascender and the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet. Vultee designated it Model 84, a descendant...
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    Farman Experimentals - or F.E.s. See stability issues of the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender An exception is the Raptor Aircraft Raptor whose Audi V6 diesel...
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  • Curtiss XP-37 - Prototype fighter Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk/Tomahawk - Fighter Curtiss XP-46 - Prototype fighter Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender -...
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  • design at Curtiss-Wright. A number of experimental programs were begun during this period, including the revolutionary Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender that never...
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    intended to be used in the Vultee XP-54, Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, Northrop XP-56, Lockheed XP-49, and Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning. Projected performance...
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    of comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Vultee XP-54 Northrop XP-56 Bell XP-52 Grumman F6F Hellcat Vought F4U Corsair...
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    mounted in front of the main wing in a canard configuration (Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender). Stabilators on military aircraft have the same problem of...
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    comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Handley Page Manx Miles M.35 Libellula Vultee XP-54 Related lists List of aircraft of...
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  • Thumbnail for Kyushu J7W Shinden
    Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Ambrosini SS.4 Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Miles M.35 Libellula Related lists List of military aircraft...
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    comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Kyushu J7W Shinden Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet Vultee XP-54 Saab 21 SNCASO SO.8000 Narval...
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    configuration, and era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Kyushu J7W Miles M.35 Libellula Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet SAAB 21 Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose Canard...
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  • fighter Curtiss XP-46 prototype fighter Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender prototype fighter Curtiss YP-60 fighter Curtiss XP-62 prototype fighter Curtiss A-25...
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  • aircraft, 2 built Ambrosini SS.4 1939 prototype fighter, 1 built Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender 1943 prototype fighter, 3 built Miles M.35 Libellula 1942, experimental...
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    Kingcobra Boeing XB-38 Flying Fortress Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Curtiss XP-60A Curtiss P-37 Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster Douglas DC-8...
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    comparable role, configuration, and era Arsenal-Delanne 10 Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Kyushu J7W Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 Related lists List of experimental...
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  • Thumbnail for Pterodactyl Ascender
    The new model was named the "Ascender" for its improved climb rate and also in tribute to the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, an early canard fighter design...
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    XP-54, powered by the Pratt & Whitney X-1800-A4G engine Curtiss-Wright St Louis' Model P248C, (FOM score: 770.6), which became the Curtiss-Wright XP-55...
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  • Thumbnail for Miles M.39B Libellula
    Libellula Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Kyushu J7W Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-8 Related lists List of experimental...
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  • Moton Field. Akerman Tailless Berliner Helicopter No. 5 Curtiss NC-4 Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender Consolidated PBY-5 Catalina de Havilland DH.4 (replica)...
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  • United States 1941 2 Curtiss XP-53/YP-60 United States 1942 6 Curtiss XP-62 United States 1943 1 Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender United States 1943 3 canard...
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  • 1982 Homebuilt Cozy MK IV USA Propeller Private 1993 Homebuilt Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender USA Propeller Fighter 1943 Prototype 3 Pusher configuration...
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    Prototype 1 Curtiss-Wright CW-21 US Lightweight fighter 1938 Retired 62 Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender US 1943 Prototype 3 Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk...
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    Retrieved 2023-11-20. "Curtiss XP-62". MilitaryFactory[better source needed]. Retrieved 2023-12-02. Davey, Guy (2023-03-03). "XP-55 Ascender: the Back-to-Front...
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  • P55 (redirect from P-55 (disambiguation))
    of the Indian Navy Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, an American experimental fighter aircraft Intel P55, a computer chipset Papyrus 55, a biblical manuscript...
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    technology feasible. Featured Aircraft: Piaggio Avanti EVO, Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender, North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie, Scaled Composites ARES...
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  • transport, 1 built Beechcraft Starship 1989 airliner, 53 built Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender 1943 prototype fighter, 3 built E-Go Aeroplanes e-Go 2013 ultralight...
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    N-24 and the rival Curtiss-Wright XP-87 Blackhawk for development, leading to an initial contract for two aircraft, designated XP-89, being approved on...
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