The Bell XP-77 development was initiated by the United States Army Air Forces during World War II to produce a simplified "lightweight" fighter aircraft...
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planes. Although Bell designed several more fighter plane designs during and after WW II, none of these ever entered mass-production. The XP-77 was a small...
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Army designation XP-48, the 48th aircraft type in the Pursuit category. Closely resembling the later Bell XP-77, the design of the XP-48 featured a wing...
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short lived Fairchild AT-21 twin-engine bomber trainer, and in the two Bell XP-77 light-weight fighter prototypes. V-770-4 Installed in the Vought XSO2U-1...
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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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similar performance to the contemporary Hawker Hurricane; and the American Bell XP-77. Very few emergency fighters entered service, and of those that did, even...
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configuration, and era Bell XP-77 Caudron C.714 Douglas XP-48 Miles M.20 The Official Web Site of National Museum of the USAF, Tucker XP-57 at the Wayback...
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specified by Kelsey and Saville, the XP-39 had a turbo-supercharger to augment its high-altitude performance. Bell cooled the turbo with a scoop on the...
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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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dramatically as a result, and Bell proposed an experimental series to test out a variety of solutions. The resulting XP-39E featured two primary changes...
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Vultee BT-13 Valiant Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell XP-77 Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Nakajima Ki-43 Republic P-43 Lancer Weiss Manfréd...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Bell XP-77 Caudron C.714 Douglas XP-48 Miles M.20 Roussel R-30 Tucker XP-57 Related lists List of aircraft of World...
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Ambrosini SAI.207 Ambrosini SAI.403 Dardo Bell XP-77 Douglas XP-48 Martin-Baker MB 2 Miles M.20 Roussel R-30 Tucker XP-57 VEF I-16 Related lists List of aircraft...
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comparable role, configuration, and era Bell XP-77 Caudron C.714 Douglas XP-48 Martin-Baker M.B.2 Tucker XP-57 Related lists List of fighter aircraft...
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delivered up to 700 hp. Two prototypes were the Bell XP-77 (empty weight 2,855 lb (1,295 kg)) and the Douglas XP-48 (empty weight 2,655 lb (1,204 kg)). Problems...
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584 Bell P-59 Airacomet US 1942 Retired 66 Bell P-63 Kingcobra US 1942 Retired 3,303 Bell XP-77 US Lightweight fighter 1944 Prototype 2 Bell XP-83 US...
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defence rocket interceptor Bell XP-77 United States 1944 2 lightweight fighter Bell XP-83 United States 1945 2 jet fighter Bell YFM-1 Airacuda flying cruiser...
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entered into competition alongside proposals from Bell, Brewster, Curtiss, Lockheed, and Vought. The XP-50 design was similar to that of the XF5F-1 with...
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These tests were intended to assist in debugging the engine for the Bell XP-77 lightweight fighter and Edo XOSE floatplane, but the V-770 remained troublesome...
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killing Lockheed test pilot Milo Burcham. 22 October Second of only two Bell XP-77-BE lightweight fighters completed out of a contract for six, 43-34916...
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List of aircraft (B–Be) (section Bell)
Bell XP-76 Bell XP-77 Bell XP-83 Bell R-12 Bell R-13 Bell R-15 Bell XV-3 Convertiplane Bell XV-15 Bell X-1 Bell X-2 Bell X-5 Bell X-14 Bell X-16 Bell...
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April 1 – Bell XP-77 April 5 – Miles M.33 Monitor April 18 – Ilyushin Il-10 (NATO reporting name "Beast") April 29 – Aeronca Champion Bell XP-77 May 6 Blohm...
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the prototype Curtiss XP-37s. All entrants in the new pursuit competition were designed around it, powering the Lockheed P-38, Bell P-39 and Curtiss P-40...
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"Grumman XP-50 (Skyrocket)". Militaryfactory. Retrieved 2023-12-28. "Lockheed XP-80 "Lulu Belle"". Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 2023-12-12. "Bell P-59B...
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The Bell YFM-1 Airacuda was an American heavy fighter aircraft, developed by the Bell Aircraft Corporation for the United States Army Air Corps during...
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Consolidated P-30 (redirect from Consolidated XP-33)
A-11 was also built, along with 2 Y1P-25 prototypes and YP-27, Y1P-28, and XP-33 proposals. The P-30 is significant for being the first fighter in United...
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Boeing AH-64 Apache (redirect from Hughes Model 77 Apache)
through a flight test program. Hughes' Model 77/YAH-64A prototype first flew on 30 September 1975, while Bell's Model 409/YAH-63A prototype first flew on...
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P-36 Hawk Curtiss P-37 Curtiss XP-42 Curtiss XP-46 Curtiss P-60 Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Bell P-39 Airacobra Dewoitine D.520...
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning (redirect from Lockheed XP-38 Lightning)
turbosuperchargers, with a central nacelle for the pilot and armament. The XP-38 gondola mockup was designed to mount two .50-caliber (12.7 mm) M2 Browning...
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