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The Bell P-59A Airacomet, the first U.S. jet fighter.

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P-59A

aircraft

Also known as: Airacomet, Bell P-59A Airacomet

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development of jet aircraft

In military aircraft: Subsonic flight
jet, the Bell P-59A Airacomet, made its first flight the following year. It was slower than contemporary piston-engined fighters, but in 1943–44 a small team under Lockheed designer Clarence (“Kelly”) Johnson developed the P-80 Shooting Star. The P-80 and its British contemporary, the de Havilland Vampire, were the…
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