This Day in Aviation History
May 13th, 1940
First flight of the Bell XFL Airabonita.
 
The Bell XFL Airabonita was a United States experimental shipboard interceptor aircraft developed for the United States Navy by Bell Aircraft. It was similar to and a parallel development of the land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tailwheel undercarriage in place of the P-39’s tricycle gear. Only one prototype was manufactured….
 
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Wikipedia, Bell XFL Airabonita: http://gstv.us/1FjivH2
 
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