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Lockheed’s next Lightnings, XP-49 and XP-58 Chain Lightning, bigger guns, exotic engines, and why both projects collapsed
Lockheed tried to build on the P-38 with two “new Lightnings,” the XP-49 with a pressurized cockpit and heavier armament, and the XP-58 Chain Lightning, a bomber killer that kept gaining guns, crew, ...
On this day in aviation history, 81 years ago (June 6, 1944), the Lockheed XP-58 Chain Lightning made its first flight. While June 6, 1944, is best known as D-Day-the Allied invasion of Europe-the ...
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