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- Title
History Mystery.
- Authors
Dorr, Robert F.
- Abstract
Readers of the journal Air Power History readily identified the North American P-64 fighter of World War II, known to its manufacturer as the NA-68. The P-64 evolved from a family of trainers that also produced the famous AT-6 Texan advanced trainer of World War II. North American built six NA-68 fighters for Thailand. The aircraft were also known in factory jargon as NA-50A models. Test pilot Louis Wait took the first NA-68 aloft for its initial flight on September 1, 1940 and it performed well, although it would have been no match for a Lockheed P-38 Lightning, Mitsubishi A6M Zero.
- Subjects
FIGHTER planes; TEST pilots; WAIT, Louis; MITSUBISHI airplanes
- Publication
Air Power History, 2003, Vol 50, Issue 4, p67
- ISSN
1044-016X
- Publication type
Article