Bell XP-52

The Bell XP-52 was an unusual United States fighter aircraft design by the Bell Aircraft Corporation. It was submitted as part of a United States Army Air Corps competition held in the winter of 1939. The fuselage was round and barrel-shaped with the pilot in the nose and the piston engine behind him driving a pair of contra-rotating propellers at the rear of the fuselage in a pusher configuration.

XA-38 Grizzly - BAC TSR-2 - Bell XP-52 - Bell XP-83 - Bisnovat 5 - Blohm und Voss BV 40 - Blohm und Voss BV 238 - Boeing X-40 - Boeing X-45 - Bristol 188 - Convair 1
Bell XP-52 - This proposal was made to the Air Corp in response to their solicitation for advanced and unconventional aircraft.2
Curtiss P-60, Bell XP-52, North American P-51 Mustang, Grumman XP-50, Lockheed XP-49, Douglas XP-48, Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, Curtiss XP-46, Republic P-43 Lancer, Seversky XP-41, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 3
The Bell XP-52 was an unusual fighter aircraft design by the Bell Aircraft Corporation.4

Made by Bell Aircraft.

The Bell XP-52 was an unusual United States fighter aircraft design by the Bell Aircraft Corporation.5
- Love the Bell XP-52 too (one of my favorite unbuilt aircraft, anyway) but I think the paint is too shiny. Drab ought to be matte.6
BAC TSR-2 - Bell XP-52 - Bell XP-83 - Bisnovat 5 - Blohm und Voss BV 40 - Blohm und Voss BV 238 - Boeing X-40 - Boeing X-45 - Bristol 188 - Convair 7

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