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Re: Bell XFL-1 Airabonita
Posted by bdk on Thu Jan 31, 2002 02:59:11 PM
In reply top Bell XFL-1 Airabonita posted by Cees Broere on Thu Jan 31, 2002 07:50:30 AM
That one was pictured in Air Classics many years ago. I believe that the remains were exposed on the river bank.
Being at a Naval Air Station, and with the US Navy's present policy...what are the chances of recovering anything?
BK
: Hi all,
:
: We probably all know the carrier-version of the P-39, call
: ed the Airabonita. Only one prototype was built. I read so
: mewhere that after the trials had ended, the airframe was
: bulldozed into the ground at Patuxent River. Is this true
: and if so are the remains waiting to be discovered?
:
: Cheers
:
: Cees