cardboard_killer Posted July 21, 2023 Posted July 21, 2023 [80 years ago today] "• The Curtiss XP-62 makes its maiden flight. It was designed in response to an Army Air Force requirement for a fighter capable of 468 mph at 27,000 feet with a pressurized cockpit and armed with four 20mm cannons. The contract for one hundred P-62A fighters is cancelled as production would reduce the number of P-47 Thunderbolts Curtiss is building for Republic." 3
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