MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
And here is the other two seat P-39 concept. A night fighter version. Look where they were going to put the radar operator. Barf city, if you ask me!
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This was the "short wing" version of the Airacobra. It was said that aileron forces were inadequate.nasa
March 5, 1945) These ice formations on the propeller and fuselage surfaces of a test unit installed in the Icing Research Tunnel at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, Cleveland, Ohio, now known as John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field, show what may happen to an airplane in flight under certain atmospheric conditions. Ice degrades the performance of an aircraft in flight and can cause loss of control.
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Thank God that didn't make it into production. Barely worse than the XP-39.Bell P-39 - Experimental Supercharger https://www.facebook.com/View attachment 551855
Surprised that pilot could squeeze into the cockpit