Hi everybody,
I often read that Curtiss-Wright Aviation did not do enough research work during the Second World War to be able to survive its aeronautical branch and face the new markets after the Second World War. It is considered that its production and improvement work on the P-40 (we can...
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cold war
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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Competitors
In 1936 the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) put out a tender for a ‘Twin-engine, High Altitude Interceptor’ that was designated as ‘X-608’
The winner of this competition would be the Lockheed Model 22 / P-38 Lightning.
But does anyone know of the proposals to...
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douglas aircraft company
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united states army air corps
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