Re: twin engine post ww2 prototype question

On May 30, 3:37?pm, Rob Arndt <teuton...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 30, 3:28 pm, "patrick mitchel" <patm...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:





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On May 30, 2:41?pm, Rob Arndt <teuton...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 30, 2:17 pm, Orval Fairbairn <orfairba...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In article <f3kmo3$2tu...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"patrick mitchel" <patm...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

I'm trying to stir the neurons , trying to recall the american
manufacturer
that produced (as i recall) and twin engine photorecon (prop driven)
that
had the engines located in the wings fairly conformal to the planforn
There
was some thrust augmentation in the exhaust and largish paddle bladed
props.
Was painted in a flattish black. Was thinking northrop and it wasn't
the
black widow. As i recall, it had a typical canopy (along the lines of
the
a26).This all ocurred at the end of the war(2). Ring any bells?
Thanks Pat

McDonnell XP-67?

Can't be... XP-67 Bat was 1944 WW2 prototype fighter, not postwar
photo recon as stated in topic and OP.

Rob

Yep Rob, I was wrong. Working with the little that I could recall, it
seemed to me that the plane was started during the war but the development
went on past the end of the war. I was also wrong on the photrecon mission
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OK... you had me fooled as my first thought to meet all your criteria
meant a variant of the P-38 which was a US aircraft, painted flat
black, twin engined, conventional canopy, and a variant had the paddle
props- P-38K, listed as another topic. Check it out.

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Also, at least it wasn't the Black Bullet Northrop XP-56:
http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/URG/images/xp56-8.jpg

I hate that little black thing... reminds me of the Goblin too much.

Rob

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