Curtiss XP-46

XP-46
Curtiss XP-46
General information
TypeFighter
ManufacturerCurtiss-Wright Corporation
Primary userUnited States Army Air Corps (intended)
Number built2
History
First flight15 February 1941
Developed fromCurtiss P-40
Developed intoCurtiss XP-53

The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s American prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the best features found in European fighter aircraft in 1939 into a fighter aircraft which could succeed the Curtiss P-40, then in production.

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