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Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose and Curtiss XP-55 Ascender Profile
The Ascender was the first Curtiss ... of three XP-55 airframes were built. That first XP-54 lasted thirty minutes and was considered a relative success. However, after a move to Wright Field ...
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The Press: Explanation of the Week
In the good grey New York Times appeared a picture of Curtiss-Wright’s new XP-55 experimental fighter ... the new backside-to plane is called the Ascender: NEW PLANE HAS PROPELLER IN REAR ...