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Bell P–63A King Cobra at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory
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Bell P–63A King Cobra at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory

NASA / GRC · 1944-01-23 · photograph (digital archive)

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The Army Air Forces lent the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory a Bell P–63A King Cobra in October 1943 to complement the lab's extensive efforts to improve the Allison V–1710 engine. The V–1710-powered P–63A was a single-seat fighter that could reach speeds of 410 miles per hour and an altitude of 43,000 feet.

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Credit lineBell P–63A King Cobra at the Aircraft Engine Research Laboratory. NASA/GRC, 1944-01-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1943-C-03471.
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