The Bell P-59 Airacomet was America’s first jet fighter — so secret that early ground tests used a non-functional dummy propeller to disguise its real turbojet engines. Underpowered compared to the P-51 Mustang, it never saw combat, but it became the aircraft that taught US pilots and mechanics how to actually operate jets.
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Would you have guessed this jet fighter was hiding behind a fake propeller?