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  • Bell P-59 Airacomet
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  • The P-59 Airacomet was an early jet fighter operated as an advanced training aircraft by the armed forced of the United States.
  • The Bell P-59 Airacomet was the first American jet fighter aircraft, designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II. The United States Army Air Force was not impressed by its performance and cancelled the contract when fewer than half of the aircraft ordered had been produced. Although no P-59s went into combat, it paved the way for another design generation of U.S. turbojet-powered aircraft and was the first turbojet fighter to have its turbojet engine and air inlet nacelles integrated within the main fuselage.
  • The Bell XP-59A Airacomet was America's first jet aircraft. For that reason alone, the aircraft is of historic significance. Although it never fired a shot in anger during World War II, it was nevertheless important in that it provided a lot of important data on the care and maintenance of jet aircraft, which proved invaluable when more advanced jet fighters came in to service. The history of the Airacomet is one of the most interesting of any of the aircraft we have encountered so far in this series. For that, we must go back a bit and start with the Bell XP-52.
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  • 1183.64
fullweight
  • 13000.0
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  • 6214.0
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  • 11040.0
Range
  • 550(xsd:integer)
max speed more
  • at 30,000 ft
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  • **1x 37 mm cannon **3x .50 cal machine guns
length alt
  • 11.84 m
span main
  • 1386.84
emptyweight
  • 7950.0
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  • 413(xsd:integer)
cruise speed main
  • 375.0
Affiliation
  • US
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  • 930.0
cruise speed alt
  • 326(xsd:integer)
thrust alt
  • 8.9 kN
Role
  • Fighter
height alt
  • 3.76 m
Name
  • Bell P-59A Airacomet
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Type
  • Fighter
  • Jet-Powered Fighter
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  • 326(xsd:integer)
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  • 1183.64
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  • 386(xsd:integer)
  • sq ft
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height main
  • 375.92
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  • 1386.84
span alt
  • 13.87 m
range main
  • 375.0
Height
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Manufacturer
  • Bell Aircraft
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  • 413.0
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  • 46200.0
empty weight main
  • 8165.0
type of jet
  • turbojets
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  • 5008.0
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  • 35.86
First Flight
  • 1942-10-01(xsd:date)
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engine (jet)
  • General Electric J31-GE-5
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  • 359(xsd:integer)
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thrust main
  • 2000(xsd:integer)
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  • Two General Electric J-31-GE-3 1,650 lb s.t., centrifugal turbojet engines.
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  • 14,080 m
max takeoff weight main
  • 13700.0
rockets
  • 8(xsd:integer)
Crew
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Armament
  • 1(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 66(xsd:integer)
Year
  • 1942(xsd:integer)
ref
  • The American Fighter
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