The Bell P-59 Airacomet is a single-seat, twin jet -engine fighter aircraft that was designed and built by Bell Aircraft during World War II. It was the first jet produced in the United States.

America's first XP-59A, AAF serial number 42-108784, is preserved at the National Air and Space Museum. Shortly the jet's first flight, the Army recognized the need to have an observer on …

A model of the original XP-59. At the time, the Bell Company was working on a new fighter with contra-rotating propellers in a pusher configuration for the Air Force under the designation, XP …

The XP-59A is the first American jet aircraft. It did not see combat but it did give the U. S. Army Air Forces (AAF) and the U. S. Navy valuable experience with jet aircraft technology and …

An early World War II 'black program' produced the Bell XP-59A Aircomet, America's first jet plane, but it was too late to fight in the war.

Mar 7, 2022 · Colonel Laurence C. “Bill” Craigie brings the first jet airplane built in the United States, the Bell XP-59A, in for a landing at Rogers Dry Lake, Muroc, Calif., on October 2, …

The XP-59A was the first American aircraft to be powered by a turbojet engine. Despite the secrecy, the XP-59A wasn’t really a good candidate to sweep the sky clean of Messerschmitts …

Sep 21, 2015 · The Bell P-59A was a fighter aircraft built in the United States during World War II. The prototype XP-59A became the first jet-powered aircraft to fly in the US on 1 October 1942. …

On October 1, 1942, at Muroc Dry Lake, in the high desert north of Los Angeles, California, Bell Aircraft Corporation’s Chief Test Pilot, Robert Morris Stanley, made the first flight of the top …

Apr 5, 2025 · Bell was already working on a new aircraft program called the XP-59. The USAAF designated the jet project as XP-59A in hopes of confusing anyone who learned of the project, …