Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender fighter aircraft - photos

WWII-era Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender prototype fighter aircraft featuring a pusher configuration. Only three were built.

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...r_fullsize.jpg
https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...5_ascender.jpg

https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...1_fullsize.jpg


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...989#post164487
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...339#post161699
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...217#post134781

Known as the “Ass-ender” by the enlisted guys.

A design created 3 or 4 years BEFORE Burt Rutan was even born! (inventor of the VariEze)

There is a goofy looking insect, a little fly it resembles.