| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 45-59600 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss P-87 |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss P-87 |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss XP-87 |
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| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Columbus - John Glenn InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KCMH IATA: CMH Local: CMH Other: - |
| Photo Date: | November 1947 to February 1948 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 586291 |
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The prototype XP-87 (Curtiss Model 29A) at what may be its rollout at the factory. The aircraft was dismantled and trucked to Muroc (Edwards AFB) for its first flight in March 1948. A USAF order was cancelled when it was decided the Northrop F-89 would be a better all-weather fighter. Thus ended Curtiss as an aircraft manufacturer and it sold its Columbus factory to North American. The Curtiss-Wright X-19 of 1963, was a tiltwing experiment built by the company's propeller division at Caldwell, New Jersey. Photo by: Hans Groenhoff / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 16 July 2023, and has since been viewed 470 times. |