Lockheed XP-49 – Trying to Do the P-38 One Better
It made numerous test flights and at least one cross-country journey, yet no air-to-air picture of it appears to have survived. It was going to be an improved version of the P-38 Lightning with an advanced new engine, yet the improvements were few and the engine never materialized. It was the Lockheed XP-49, or company model 522, designed by the fabled engineering team headed by Clarence “Kelly” Johnson. At a glance, it was not easy...
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