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National
Air and Space
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Bell XP-59 Airacomet
Bell Aircraft Corporation designed and built the XP-59A.
It first flew at Muroc Dry Lake, California, on 1 October 1942. The XP-59A
was powered by the first U.S. jet engine, the General Electric I-A, which
was based on the W2B design of Frank Whittle, the British jet pioneer.
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