TEST FLIGHT OF THE BELL YP-59A US JET FIGHTER 1942

The Bell P-59 Airacomet was a single-seat, twin jet-engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II, the first produced in the United States. As the British were further along in jet engine development, they donated an engine for the United States to copy in 1941 that became the basis for the General Electric jet used by the P-59 a year later. Because the plane was underpowered, the United States Army Air Forces was not impressed by its performance and canceled half of the original order for 100 fighters, using the completed aircraft as trainers. Although no P-59s entered combat, the aircraft paved the way for later generations of U.S. turbojet-powered aircraft.
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