Bell P-59 Airacomet Wood Print

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As he taxied down the hard-packed surface of Muroc Dry Lake on October 2, 1942, Bell test pilot Robert M. Stanley knew he was making aviation history. Enclosed in the prototype of America's first jet-powered aircraft, Bell put the XP-59A Airacomet through its paces and then executed a textbook perfect landing on the salt-infused lake bed. Developed from British work on gas turbine engines, the P-59 was a mid-wing monoplane with turbojets flanking its slender fuselage and was originally intended to be an interceptor pursuit aircraft. Subsequent, more intensive test flights revealed the plane's lack of power, short range and operational instability. Removed from combat capability, the P-59 saw service as a jet fighter trainer. However, its role in the development of American jet aircraft remains unsurpassed.

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