The ХA-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
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Despite the fact that it was clear (even at the time of the prototype CR.42) that monoplanes would have an advantage in air battles, the Italian
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...can modified their design of NA-40 and developed the NA-62 which went into prototype testing as the YB-25 and then ordered into production as the B-25.
...y had a previous design for their NA-40B which they had already built as a prototype known as NA-62. After initial service tests, the USAAC placed an order with
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...gn competition for a coastal anti-ship bomber. A year later the Boeing-299 prototype was built, equipped with four 750-HP Pratt & Whitney engines. It was first
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...ually built than any other US Warplane during World War II. The first B-24 prototype flew in December of 1939 named "XB-24". The aircraft was designed around th
...ed in March of 1939, with a prototype required by the end of the year. The prototype was finished and made its first flight just two days before the deadline on
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...ing the Pacific Theater. To compensate for this, Boeing began to develop a prototype which would incorporate a pressurized cabin to allow for higher altitude fl
The resulting XB-29 prototype and the later production series B-29 bomber had everything the USAAC was lo
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The first eight B-57As were US conversions of this first prototype aircraft, with only some structural details adapted for US manufacturing. F
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By May 1935 the first prototype flew and attained speeds of 450 km/h (280 mph) and reaching an altitude of
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...in test flights until a turbosupercharger explosion led to the loss of the prototype. The XP-50 project was then canceled.
Grumman XP-50 twin-engine army fighter prototype
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...sulting in one of the most deadly and large fighters in World War Two. The prototype YP-61, had a long fuselage gondola in between two engine nacelles. The tail
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...y quickly set to work on the new prototype designated NA-73X. The original prototype was assembled in 117 days and first flew on October 26, 1940. A majority of
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...produced the XF5F Skyrocket, to complete with Vought's XF4U-1 Corsair (the prototype of the legendary [[F4U (Family)|F4U Corsair]]), and Bell's XFL Airabonita (
...ignificantly better flight performance. During testing of the single XP-50 prototype the turbo-supercharger on one of the aircraft's engines exploded, destroyin
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The prototype first flew on 8 April, 1943. The performance was significantly better than
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...aircraft designs to them sometime after the deliveries were complete. The prototype XP-51 was then developed. It had the same Allison V-1710 engine as the P-40
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...ked talks about a Merlin-powered P-38 but that was also rejected. Only one prototype was developed.
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A Ki-61 prototype got off the ground for the first time in December 1941. Full-scale producti
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The aircraft was developed by the Mitsubishi Company's design bureau. A prototype model made its first flight on April 1, 1939. Full-scale production began i
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Unfortunately, the AP-4 prototype also had a tight cowl fitted to the aircraft which lead to overheating and
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The ХА-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
...pany under the direction of Edward Heinemann and Robert Donovan. The XA-26 prototype made its first flight on July 10, 1942. Mass production began in September
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...lieving that its characteristics could be significantly improved. A fourth prototype was built, with a new designation: He 51a.
...ion of He 51 A-1 fighters began. The production aircraft differed from the prototype: it had a cut-down fuselage spine fairing behind the cockpit, a slightly ch
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