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Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 29 Jun 1999.
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2nd ASCII airplane

2nd ASCII airplane

alt.ascii-art · 2 messages · 29 Jun 1999
Harry Dutton <hjd...@cornell.edu> 29 Jun 1999 00:00 · permalink · report 
Why, I do believe it is the Northrop XP-58 "Black Bullet."  One of a trio
of losers in a WW2 fighter competition along with Curtiss's XP-55
"Ascender" and McDonnell's XP-57 "Swoose."  Interestingly, all three were
pusher-prop types.
JRO <ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> ASCII art 29 Jun 1999 00:00 · permalink · report 
Harry Dutton <hjd...@cornell.edu> wrote in message news:hjd5-2906991416450001@128.253.60.25...
> Why, I do believe it is the Northrop XP-58 "Black Bullet."  One of a trio
> of losers in a WW2 fighter competition along with Curtiss's XP-55
> "Ascender" and McDonnell's XP-57 "Swoose."  Interestingly, all three were
> pusher-prop types.

Too close, Harry. It's the XP-56


          Northrop
            XP-56
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Jonathon R. Oglesbee
oglesbee@
        mail.fullnet.net

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