The Bell P-59 Airacomet is a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II. It was the...
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Related development Bell P-59 Airacomet Related lists List of fighter aircraft List of military aircraft of the United States "Bell XF-83". www.nationalmuseum...
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Bell's first jet fighter was signed. The prototype was designated the XP-59A and it would enter production as the P-59 Airacomet. The original XP-59 was...
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heavy machine guns. The first US jet, the Bell P-59 Airacomet, saw two out of three YP-59s and the single XP-59 armed with twin nose-mounted M10 autocannons...
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The Bell P-39 Airacobra is a fighter produced by Bell Aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. It was one of the principal...
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the P-39 Airacobra. The P-59 Airacomet, the first American jet fighter, the P-63 Kingcobra, the successor to the P-39, and the Bell X-1 were also Bell products...
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the much less radical Bell P-59 Airacomet, which first flew in October 1942. It quickly became obvious, however, that the P-59's performance was only...
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involved in the early testing of the first U.S. jets, the Bell P-59 Airacomet and later the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star. The squadron would also be involved...
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trainer Bell YFM-1 Airacuda - Interceptor Bell P-39 Airacobra - Fighter Bell P-59 Airacomet - Jet fighter Bell P-63 Kingcobra - Fighter Bell XP-77 - Prototype...
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(120 mi, 110 nmi) Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell P-59 Airacomet Gloster E.28/39 Heinkel He 280 Related lists List of firsts in aviation...
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was activated at Muroc Army Air Field, California. Testing of the Bell P-59 Airacomet jet fighter was being conducted at a site on the north shore of Rogers...
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role, configuration, and era Bell P-59 Airacomet Gloster Meteor Heinkel He 280 Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Messerschmitt P.1099 Nakajima Ki-201 Nakajima...
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Ki-201 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell P-59 Airacomet Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star Gloster E.28/39 Gloster Meteor Heinkel He 280...
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superior P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fighter-bombers. In October 1942, The Bell-built twin-jet P-59 Airacomet was the first American jet aircraft...
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advanced trainer Bell YFM-1 Airacuda interceptor Bell P-39 Airacobra fighter Bell P-59 Airacomet jet fighter Bell P-63 Kingcobra fighter Bell XP-77 prototype...
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(Soviet Union) Bell P-59 Airacomet – (United States) de Havilland Vampire – (United Kingdom) Heinkel He 280 – (Nazi Germany) Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star...
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Warhawk Republic P-47 Thunderbolt North American P-51 Mustang Bell P-59 Airacomet Northrop P-61 Black Widow Supermarine Spitfire Bristol Beaufighter Taylorcraft...
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to detect. October 2 – The first American-built jet aircraft, the Bell P-59 Airacomet fighter prototype, makes its first official flight. November 26 –...
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Tokyo: Dai Nippon Kaiga Co. ISBN 4499226597. Pelletier, Alan J. (1992). Bell Aircraft Since 1935. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557500564...
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He 178), the United Kingdom (Gloster E.28/39), the United States (Bell P-59 Airacomet), Japan (Nakajima Kikka), the Soviet Union (Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-9)...
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jet fighter units in the Army Air Forces, when it began testing Bell P-59 Airacomets. It was inactivated in July 1946 and its personnel and equipment...
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Niagara Falls plant. Bell Aircraft built the P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra fighter aircraft during World War II. Bell's P-59 Airacomet fighter was America's...
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Transport Command as a sub-base of Hammer Field. Early US jet fighters, Bell P-59 Airacomet, were operating from the Airport in 1943. Bakersfield Municipal Airport...
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Bell P-59 Airacomet Curtiss XP-62 McDonnell XP-67 Bat Republic XP-72 Fisher (General Motors) P-75 Eagle Bell XP-76 Northrop XP-79 Convair XP-81 Bell XP-83...
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entered RAF service in July, 1944, was powered by the Welland I. Bell P-59 Airacomet Ryan FR Fireball Ryan XF2R Dark Shark There is a J31 on display at...
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P59 (redirect from P-59 (disambiguation))
P-59 or P.59 may refer to: Bell XP-59, a proposed American fighter aircraft Bell P-59 Airacomet, an American jet fighter aircraft Partenavia P.59 Jolly...
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with testing the then-experimental P-38 Lightning. He went on to test the Lockheed Constellation, Bell P-59 Airacomet, and Lockheed XP-80. In 1943, he met...
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Wright Field, where he participated in the development of the Bell P-59 Airacomet and Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, the first American jet fighters, and in...
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Davilla, 1997, pp.494-497 Davilla, 1997, p.514-515 Davilla, 1997, p.521 Davilla, 1997, p.526 Davilla, 1997, p.528 "Совершил первый полет последний Су-57...
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Frank Whittle's reports to the USAAF, which eventually led to the Bell P-59 Airacomet, the first US jet aircraft. The Satellite was a futuristic looking...
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