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Bell P-59B Airacomet at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory
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A Bell P-59B Airacomet sits beside the hangar at the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. In 1942 the Bell XP-59A Airacomet became the first jet aircraft in the US. The Airacomet incorporated centrifugal turbojet engines that were based on British plans secretly brought to the US in 1941. A Bell test pilot flew the XP-59A for the first time at Muroc Lake, California in October 1942. The General Electric I-16 engines proved to be problematic.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionCredit lineBell P-59B Airacomet at the Lewis Flight Propulsion Laboratory. NASA/GRC, 1947-03-23. Public domain. ID: GRC-1947-C-18108.
