Category: Aviation
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Seversky XP-41
Seversky XP-41 Developed for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC), the Seversky XP-41 was a single-seat fighter aircraft. The last production Seversky P-35 was modified by adding a new streamlined canopy, a Pratt & Whitney R-1830-19 engine with a two-speed supercharger, and revised landing gear. First flying in March 1939 it was developed in Read more
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Vultee XA-41 Dive Bomber
Vultee XA-41 Originally designed as a dive-bomber, the role of the Vultee XA-41 was changed to a low level attack aircraft when the USAAF decided that dive bombers were too vulnerable. Changing priorities and the coming end of the Second World War saw the order for two prototypes changed to just one. The only prototype Read more
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Hughes XF-11 Reconnaissance Aircraft
Hughes XF-11 The Hughes XF-11 was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft designed for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Although 100 aircraft were ordered in 1943, the program was delayed beyond the end of the Second World War, rendering it surplus to the USAAF needs and it was cancelled. The first of two prototypes (serial Read more