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Fighter North American Aviation Series of fighters. 1939/1940 Never 13 P-51 Mustang: Fighter North American Aviation Used largely in WWII. 1940 [17] 1942 [18] [19] 15,000+ [20] P-43 Lancer: Fighter Republic Aviation: A proposed development was the P-44 Rocket. 1940 1941 272 P-44 Rocket: Fighter Republic Aviation
The North American F-82 Twin Mustang is an American long-range escort fighter. Based on the North American P-51 Mustang, the F-82 was designed as an escort for the Boeing B-29 Superfortress in World War II, but the war ended well before the first production units were operational. The F-82 was the last American piston-engined fighter ordered ...
The Curtiss-Wright XF-87 Blackhawk (previously designated the XP-87) was a prototype American all-weather jet fighter-interceptor, and the company's last aircraft project. [1] Designed as a replacement for the World War II –era propeller-driven P-61 Black Widow night/interceptor aircraft, the XF-87 lost in government procurement competition ...
The piston-engined, propeller-driven Skyraider was designed during World War II to meet United States Navy requirements for a carrier-based, single-seat, long-range, high performance dive/torpedo bomber, to follow on from earlier aircraft such as the Douglas SBD Dauntless, the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver and the Grumman TBF Avenger. [5]
The Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" is an American experimental turboprop aircraft derived from the F-84F Thunderstreak.Powered by a turbine engine that was mated to a supersonic propeller, the XF-84H had the potential of setting the unofficial air speed record for propeller-driven aircraft, but was unable to overcome aerodynamic deficiencies and engine reliability problems, resulting in the ...
The Grumman F8F Bearcat is an American single-engined, carrier-based fighter aircraft introduced in late World War II. It served during the mid-20th century in the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, and the air forces of other nations. It was Grumman Aircraft's last piston-engined fighter aircraft. Adapted versions of the ...
Propeller Tactical airlifter: Manned 2006 [15] 151 [2] C-146A Wolfhound [17] Fairchild-Dornier Germany Propeller Transport: Manned c. 2011 [6] 20 [18] Delivered 2011–2017. [6] Flown with the 524th Special Operations Squadron [19] C-147A: De Havilland Canada: Canada Propeller Transport Manned For the U.S. Army Parachute Team [20] C-17A ...
The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation of combat aircraft—a sleek monoplane design with a retractable undercarriage making extensive use of metal in its construction.