XFL Airabonita | |
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General information | |
Type | Carrier-based interceptor aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Bell Aircraft |
Status | Canceled |
Primary user | United States Navy |
Number built | 1 |
History | |
First flight | 13 May 1940 |
Developed from | Bell P-39 Airacobra |
The Bell XFL Airabonita was an American experimental carrier-based interceptor aircraft developed for the United States Navy by Bell Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo, New York. It was similar to and a parallel development of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ land-based P-39 Airacobra, differing mainly in the use of a tailwheel undercarriage in place of the P-39's tricycle gear. Only one prototype was built.