The Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype heavy fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF).

2017年8月26日 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose Single-Seat, Twin-Boom Fighter Prototype Aircraft including pictures.

2025年1月10日 · Vultee XP-54 and Curtiss XP-55 Initial History and Specifications. The XP-54 and XP-55 both made their maiden flights in 1943, with the Swoose Goose first taking wing on January 15 of that...

The Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Vultee had submitted a proposal in response to a U.S. Army Air Corps request for an unusual configuration.

2015年2月10日 · The biggest and most unorthodox of the new aircraft was the Vultee XP-54 (or Model 84, in company parlance), the largest and heaviest single-engine American warplane to be flown during the war years. The second prototype of …

2023年5月7日 · The Vultee XP-54 'Swoose Goose' was a prototype fighter, built for the United States Army Air Forces in 1943. Radical in design, its performance was lackluster and well short of that promised to the Air Force.

Vultee specified relatively optimistic performance specs of a top speed of 510 mph, a range of 500 miles, a ceiling of 37,000 feet, and a combined weight of 8,500 pounds. The USAF signed a contract order for the Type 84 (??S/N 41-1210) on January 8, 1941.

The XP-54 was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company. They had submitted a proposal in response to a USAAC request for an unusual configuration. The Vultee design won the competition, beating the Curtiss XP-55 and the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet.

The XP-54, designated Model 84 by Vultee, was a twin-boom, low-mounted, inverted gull-wing monoplane powered by an engine mounted in pusher configuration. The engine was to be the Pratt & Whitney X-1800-A4G (military designation H-2600) twenty-four cylinder liquid-cooled engine offering a power output of 1850 hp and driving a set of contra ...

The Vultee XP-54 Swoose Goose was a prototype fighter built by the Vultee Aircraft Company for the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF). Vultee submitted a proposal in response to a U.S. Army Air Corps request for an unusual configuration.