Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Bell P-63 Kingcobra adalah pesawat tempur Amerika Serikat dikembangkan oleh Bell dalam Perang Dunia II dari Bell P-39 Airacobra dalam upaya untuk memperbaiki kekurangan pesawat itu.

Meskipun pesawat tidak diterima untuk digunakan tempur United States Army Air Forces, itu berhasil diadopsi oleh Angkatan Udara Soviet.

Referensi

• Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World Aircraft: World War II, Volume II (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. ISBN 0-562-00096-8.
• Bridgman, Leonard, ed. “The Bell Kingcobra.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946, p. 207. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
• Dean, Francis H. America's Hundred Thousand. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. ISBN 0-7643-0072-5.
• Dorr, Robert F. "Bell Cobra Variants: P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra" Wings of Fame, Vol. 10, 1998.
• Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Air Power in World War 2. Hinckley, Lancashire, UK: Midland, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-304-4.
• Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Sixth impression 1969, first edition 1961. ISBN 0-356-01448-7.
• Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: US Army Air Force Fighters, Part 1. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1977. ISBN 0-356-08218-0.
• Hardesty, Von. Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1991, First edition 1982. ISBN 0-87474-510-1.
• Hickman, Ivan. Operation Pinball: The USAAF's Secret Aerial Gunnery Program in WWII. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1990. ISBN 0-87938-472-7.
• Jane, Fred T. “The Bell Kingcobra.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
• Johnsen, Frederick A. Bell P-39/P-63 Airacobra & Kingcobra. St. Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, ISBN 1-58007-010-8.
• Lednicer, David A. "Aerodynamics of the Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra." SAE paper 2000-01-167. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: SAE International, 9 May 2000.
• Long, Everett A. and Ivan Y. Neganblya. Cobras over the Tundra (bilingual Russian/English). Reno, Nevada: Arktika, 2nd edition 2001, 1992. ISBN 0-9634578-1-0.
• Matthews, Birch. Cobra! Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-88740-911-3.
• Pelletier, Alain J. "French 'Kings' - Bell P-63 Kingcobras in Indochina" Air Enthusiast, No 72, 1997.
• Smith, F. and D.J. Higton. “Flight Tests of “King Cobra” FZ.440 to Investigate the Practical Requirements for the Achievement of Low Profile Drag Coefficients on a “Low Drag” Aerofoil.” Aeronautical Research Council R&M 2375, August 1945.
• Tomalik, Jacek. Bell P-39 Airacobra Cz.1, Monografie Lotnicze 58 (in Polish). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 1999. ISBN 83-7237-032-X.
• Tomalik, Jacek. Bell P-63 Kingcobra, XFL-1 Airabonita, P-39 Airacobra Cz.2, Monografie Lotnicze 59 (in Polish). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 2001. ISBN 83-7237-034-6.
• Petit, Jean-Jacques. "Le Kingcobra en Indochine", Aviation Francaise Magazine No. 1 (Dec 2004/Jan 2005), pp. 4-21

Pranala luar

Data

• Commemorative Air Force restoration of P-63 42-68941
• Contemporary report on Kingcobra in Flight 1944
• National Museum of the United States Air Force Fact Sheets: Bell P-63 Kingcobra
• National Museum of the United States Air Force P-63 43-11728
• Palm Springs Air Museum P-63 42-68864
• Pima Air and Space Museum P-63 43-11727
• Yanks Air Museum P-63 42-69080

Photos

• Photo of the P-63 Kingcobra in flight.
• Walkaround P-63 Kingcobra from Monino Museum, Russia
• Photo of Larry Haven's 'Race 90" at warbirdaeropress.com
• Photo of Charles Tucker's Race 30 with the 285-kaki (87 m) wings from airrace.com
• Gallery of photos in French service