The Vultee P-66 Vanguard was a United States Army Air Forces fighter aircraft. It was initially ordered by Sweden, but by the time the aircraft were ready for delivery in 1941, the United States would not allow them to be exported, designating them as P-66s and retaining them for defensive and training purposes.

Vultee Aircraft, Inc., [1] was an aircraft manufacturer founded in 1939 in Los Angeles County, California, when the Vultee Aircraft Division of the aviation holding company AVCO was reorganized as an independent company.

Oct 18, 2003 · Vultee 48 P-66 Vanguard. The Model 48 was designed in 1938 by a team headed by Richard Palmer. The first of two prototypes made its maiden flight in September 1940 under the designation 48C. Sweden ordered 144 airframes with the Flygvapnet (Swedish AF) designation J 10 (J standing for Jakt = Fighter).

May 11, 2020 · Page details technical specifications, development, and operational history of the Vultee P-66 Vanguard (Model 48) Trainer / Fighter Monoplane Aircraft including pictures.

Vultee received an order from the Swedish government for 144 Vanguard fighters. The second Vultee Model 48 Vanguard prototype aircraft took its first flight. The first Vultee Model 48 Vanguard prototype aircraft collided with a Sirius aircraft at Vultee Field in …

Consolidated/Vultee/Convair/General Dynamics Miscellaneous Aircraft. Subseries 1. contains information, photographs, press material, and operations data about the Consolidated B-24 bomber and its variants.

Sep 24, 2023 · This project led to the birth of the V-48, the single-seat fighter that would later become the Vultee P-66 Vanguard. Designed by Richard W. Palmer in 1938, the aircraft featured a metallic semi-monocoque fuselage, retractable landing gear, and was powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 radial engine.

Developed as a single-seat fighter for export, powered by an 894.2kW Pratt & Whitney R-1830-53C4-G engine. Most production aircraft, given the USAAF designation P-66, found their way to China from 1940.

After the three trainers had been produced in 1939, Vultee returned to work on their original P-48 design. The P-48 featured a steel-tube semi-monocoque fuselage, a two-spar wing, and a fully-retractable undercarriage. It featured hydraulically-actuated split flaps.

Dec 15, 2021 · This aircraft, the Model 48, had a steel-tube semi-monocoque fuselage, had a metal skin (except for the control surfaces) and had a fully retracting undercarriage. Armament was settled on as being six .30-calibre machine guns – two in the nose and four in the wings.