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The Boeing XF8B (Model 400) was a single-engine aircraft developed by Boeing during World War II to provide the United States Navy with a long-range shipboard fighter aircraft. The XF8B was intended for operation against the Japanese home islands from aircraft carriers outside the range of Japanese land-based aircraft.
Boeing 330 six-engine, very long range heavy bomber; Boeing 331 high-speed twin-engine attack aircraft with V-1710 engines; Boeing 332 high-speed twin-engine attack aircraft with V-3420 engines; Boeing 333 pre-B-29 project with V-1710 engines in push-pull pairs; Boeing 333A as 333 but with with V-1710 engines in tractor configuration buried in ...
Single-engine monoplane: Liaison, trainer, light cargo 1936 4 Grumman JF-2 Duck [7] Grumman: Amphibious single-engine biplane: Transport and search and rescue: October 1934 14 Grumman JRF Goose [8] Grumman: Amphibious flying boat: Various 1939 34 Grumman J4F-1 Widgeon [9] Grumman: Amphibious flying boat: Coastal anti-submarine patrol July 1941 ...
The Pratt & Whitney R-4360 Wasp Major is an American 28-cylinder four-row radial piston aircraft engine designed and built during World War II.At 4,362.5 cu in (71.5 L), it is the largest-displacement aviation piston engine to be mass-produced in the United States, and at 4,300 hp (3,200 kW) the most powerful.
The first production P-59A with a Bell P-63 Kingcobra behind. The 13 service test YP-59As had a more powerful engine than their predecessor, the General Electric J31, but the performance improvement was negligible, with top speed increased by only 5 mph and a reduction in the time they could be used before an overhaul was needed.
Engine refit of the P-1 Unknown Unknown 5 XP-3/XP-3A: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Radial-engined version, converted from a P-1A Curtiss, R-1454 engine, later converted to XP-3A. XP-3A. XP-3 re-engined with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1. Unknown Unknown 1? XP-4 Hawk: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company P-1A modified with a Packard 1A-1530 ...
The United States Air Force and Navy were both seeking new aircraft when Robert McNamara was appointed U.S. Secretary of Defense in January 1961. [1] The aircraft sought by the two armed services shared the need to carry heavy armament and fuel loads, feature high supersonic speed, twin engines and two seats, and probably use variable geometry wings. [2]
Aircraft whose primary form of thrust is derived from a piston engine or turboprop driving contra-rotating propellers. Pages in category "Aircraft with contra-rotating propellers" The following 63 pages are in this category, out of 63 total.