
Mo | 10 Apr. | Closed: Easter Monday |
Th | 27 Apr. | Closed: King's Day |
Th | 18 May | Closed: Ascension Day |
Mo | 29 May | Closed: Whit Monday |
Collect Megapoints for Megavouchers
Read the conditions...
Aviation Megastore offers unique Hold & Store service © for internet customers that wish to combine several individual orders to one single shipment, reducing the overall shipping cost significantly.
Read more...
Series Air Force Legend Nr 225
Publisher/Brand Ginter
Author Steve Ginter
Format a4
No. Pages 48
Version Soft cover
Language English
Category Books on aviation
Subcategory US Prop Aircraft
Availability Temporarily Out of Stock.
Click here to be notified when this product becomes available again
This product was added to our database on Thursday 7 july 2022.
Your reliable Aviation Book Source since 1989
The Bell XFM-1/YFM-1 Airacuda was the first airplane designed and built by Larry Bell's new Bell Aircraft Corp. (founded in July 1935). This was to be a futuristic and innovative Allison V-1710 powered twin pusher bomber destroyer armed with 37mm canons mounted in the forward engine nacelles. The aircraft carried a crew of five and had both .30cal and .50cal defensive armament. It was also the first fighter to have an Auxillary Power Unit (APU). Fourteen aircraft were built: one XFM-1, nine YFM-1s, three YFM-1A (with tricycle landing gear) and two YFM-1Bs. The Airacuda's first flight was on 28 September 1939 with all aircraft being withdrawn from service in 1941.
131 b&w photos, 7 drawings