Talk:Bell P-59 Airacomet/GA1

GA Review
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Reviewer: Hog Farm (talk · contribs) 04:50, 19 December 2020 (UTC)


 * "were not impressed by its performance and cancelled the contract when fewer than half of the aircraft ordered had been produced" - So 100 aircraft were ordered, and it seems that 50 were completed. I must be misreading something, because 50 is not fewer than half of 100.  Where do you think my reading error is coming from, so I can judge if the passage is unclear or I'm just an idiot.
 * Easy there, brother. What I failed to explain was that the USAAF cancelled everything remaining on the contract after about 30-odd had already been completed, but it proved to be cheaper to finish the partially complete aircraft than to cancel them. Reworded.
 * Is the XP-59 really a variant if it was unrelated?
 * "being restored to flying condition with General Electric J31 engines by the Planes of Fame Museum in Chino, California" - begs for an As of date
 * Indeed.
 * Any way two or three sentences can be added to the lead
 * Add a bit.

Placing on hold. Hog Farm Bacon 20:51, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks for looking this over.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 13:27, 20 December 2020 (UTC)


 * On the XP-59 vs XP-59A - "officially", it's a variant, since they reused the designation to hide the fact the XP-59A was a (very secret) jet project. While "realistically" they're seperate, as far as history reads, it's a variant of the design and thus needs noting if only to note it wasn't related. (It's actually closer to the Bell XP-52, hence why it's "properly" covered there. Also: - The Bushranger One ping only 21:54, 19 December 2020 (UTC)