The Curtiss XP-55 was a unique swept-wing canard fighter design with an aft-mounted pusher propeller, intended to offer superior speed, maneuverability, and visibility compared to conventional ...

On June 22, 1940, Curtiss received a contract for engineering data and a powered, wind tunnel model of the XP-55 plus an option for a prototype. By November 2, Curtiss had completed a 1/4 scale ...

After much testing, it looked as though Curtiss engineers had cured the deadly stall situation that doomed the first XP-55. Curtiss retrofitted the stall fixes into prototype number 2, and resumed ...