![]() The liquid-cooled Alison V-2430 drove co-axial contra-rotating propellers which gave the Eagle a top speed of 430 m.p.h. Like the Bell Airacobra, the engine sits behind the pilot, whose bubble canopy is pushed well forward of the wing. Fisher P-75A EagleĪnother goofy looking World War II prototype is (General Motors) Fisher Body Division’s XP-75A. The intakes in the rear fed a General Electric J33 turbojet that the pilot would engage for high-speed operation. The plane was designed to use the General Electric T31 turboprop - the United States’ first turboprop engine - during normal flight. I am including this platform in the slideshow because a) it looks like the mutant child of an A-10 and a Korean War jet and b) because it had two cutting-edge engines. Had we not captured Saipan and Guam, negating the need for long-range, high-speed escort fighters, the XP-81 might have entered production. Entering combat service in 1945, the Seahawk saw the end of scout planes and was phased out for helicopters in 1949. ![]() If needed, this versatile scout could even rescue aviators or sailors. machineguns and could carry bombs, depth charges, or even radar on external pylons. ![]() warships at the tail end of World War II.
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