The Bell XP-59 Airacomet, the Fake Wooden Propeller on a Jet Airplane, and the Mojave Morning That Started American Jet Aviation
On October 1, 1942, America secretly flew its first jet-powered aircraft - the Bell XP-59A Airacomet - at Muroc Dry Lake, California, with a dummy wooden propeller bolted to the nose as cover.
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