Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Curtiss XF15C-1 Single-seat Naval Fighter in its original form. It has a Pratt & Whitney R-2800-3W engine in the nose and an Allis-Chalmers (de Havilland) H-1B gas-turbine exhausting beneath the fuselage.

Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes

The Curtiss XF15C-1 Naval Fighter in its latest form with tailplane removed to the top of the fin.

Aeroplane Monthly 1999-05 / J.Atwood - "We can build you a better airplane than the P-40" /Mustang special/

The retractable forward and aft scoops are well shown in this view of the only Allison P-51 operated by the Navy. Taken immediately after the war, the aircraft was utilized as a chaseplane for such projects as the ungainly Curtiss XF15C in the background. After being sold as surplus, the aircraft went to the Dominican Air Force but its eventual fate is not clear.

Другие самолёты на фотографии: Another planes on the photo: North American P-51 Mustang - СШАUSA - 1940