Word: airacobra
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Allison went from "V" to "W" for more power. Its new engine has four banks of six cylinders each, is twice as big as the "V" engine which powers the P-38 Lightning, some P-51 Mustangs, the P39 Airacobra and some P-40 Warhawks...
...already at work on French and English orders, a mechanically apt youth, a small backlog of trained personnel. And in spite of everything, nine types of combat plane were already in production: the Flying Fortress (B-17), Liberator (B-24), Mitchell (B-25), Marauder (B-26), Lightning (P-38), Airacobra (P-39), Warhawk (P-40), Thunderbolt (P-47) and Mustang...
...Airacobra (Bell P-39). Never a favorite with U.S. flyers the P-3Q is the darling of the Russian air force which uses it impartially for ground-strafing and for low-altitude righting of Germany's best pursuits. Production is now being cut back and the Airacobra (except for Russian needs) will be succeeded by a new Bell fighter...
...enclosed booklet consisted of a handsome cover picturing four Allison-powered planes (Lightning, Airacobra, Tomahawk, Mustang), a noncommittal introduction and conclusion, and 40 blank pages...
...Luck and the Orders. A hit from the start, the Airacobra pulled Bell Aircraft from an experimental laboratory to a production plant almost as fast as it rockets through the sky. The U.S. Army ordered 13, then 80, then thousands. The British ordered 200, then 800. Meanwhile Larry got orders for thousands of machine-gun adapters, hundreds of Flying Fortress fuselage parts. To handle this whirlwind of business, Bell Aircraft expanded again & again, built another large plant, boosted employment from 60 to over 10,000. Result: squadrons of Bell Airacobras now fight in Britain, Australia and Russia, have knocked down...