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McDonnell XP-67 and Chief Test Pilot Ed Elliot
McDonnell XP-67 and Chief Test Pilot Ed Elliot 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat
McDonnell XP-67 Bat 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat on Tarmac
McDonnell XP-67 Bat on Tarmac 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight 
Ground Crew with McDonnell XP-67 Bat
Ground Crew with McDonnell XP-67 Bat 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat Cockpit
McDonnell XP-67 Bat Cockpit 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat on Tarmac
McDonnell XP-67 Bat on Tarmac 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Assembly
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Assembly 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat Taxis on Tarmac
McDonnell XP-67 Bat Taxis on Tarmac 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Assembly
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Assembly 
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight
McDonnell XP-67 Bat in Flight
XP-67 Bat on the Tarmac
XP-67 Bat on the Tarmac 
McDonnell Test Pilot Bob Little with F4H-1 Prototype
McDonnell Test Pilot Bob Little with F4H-1 Prototype 
McDonnell XF-85 Flight Test
McDonnell XF-85 Flight Test 
McDonnell XF-85 Flight Test
McDonnell XF-85 Flight Test 
James S McDonnell Piloting his Doodlebug
James S McDonnell Piloting his Doodlebug 
Irv Burrows, McDonnell Douglas Chief Test Pilot, Poses with F-15 Eagle Following First Flight
Irv Burrows, McDonnell Douglas Chief Test Pilot, Poses with F-15 Eagle Following First Flight 
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin on Flight Ramp, April 1949
McDonnell XF-85 Goblin on Flight Ramp, April 1949 
McDonnell Douglas Motion Base
McDonnell Douglas Motion Base 
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McDonnell Chief Test Pilot Ed Elliot with McDonnell XP-67 Bat

The XP-67 was McDonnell's only propeller-powered fighter. On Aug. 14, 1941, the U.S. Army Air Forces placed its first order with the tiny McDonnell Aircraft Corp. for two prototypes of a novel, twin-engine, long-range fighter with a pressurized cabin. Engineers tried to improve the airplane's aerodynamics by merging the center fuselage with rear portions of the engine nacelles. This resulted in the XP-67's unique bat-like shape. The turbo-supercharged 12-cylinder, inverted-V, liquid-cooled engines would be housed in long nacelles and would drive four-blade propellers in opposite directions. They were to maximize the use of exhaust to increase engine thrust. The XP-67 was completed in St. Louis, Mo., in December 1943, but the temperamental engines caused the airplane's first flight to last only six minutes. Problems continued with the engines, and the XP-67's top speed was 200 mph slower than required. The second prototype was never finished.
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Unique identifier BI224397 
Boeing ID d4e-2361 
Type Image 
Size 2364px × 2948px   6MB 
License type RM 
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