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Type: Interceptor Fighter and fighter-bomber
Origin: Republic
Crew: One
Model: XP-72
First Flight: February 2nd, 1944
Production: 3 Prototypes

POWERPLANT(S):
   Model: Pratt & Whitney R-4360-13 Wasp Major
   Type: 28-Cylinder radial air-cooled engine
   Number: One       Horsepower: 3,450 hp

DIMENSIONS:
   Wing span: 40 ft. 11 in.
   Length: 36 ft. 7 in.
   Height: 16 ft. 0 in.
   Wing Surface Area: 300 sq. ft.

WEIGHTS:
   Empty: 11,476 lb.
   Loaded: 14,433 lb.
   Maximum Loaded: 17,490 lb.

PERFORMANCE:
   Maximum Speed: 490 mph at 25,000 ft.
   Cruising Speed: N/A
   Climb Rate:
   Initial: 5,280 ft./min.
   At 25,000 ft.: 3,550 ft./min.
   Time to Altitude:
   to 15,000: 3.5 minutes
   to 20,000: 5 minutes
   Service Ceiling: 42,000 ft.
   Absolute Ceiling: N/A
   Range:
    Normal: 1,200 miles at 300 mph
    With two drop tanks: 1,530 miles at 315 mph

ARMAMENT:
Six .50 in. Browning MG machine guns in wings.
Ammunition: 267 rounds per gun

BOMB LOAD: Two 1,000 lb bombs.

Sources:
Green, William - War Planes Of The Second World War - Fighters - Vol. 4, 1964, Doubleday And Company, Inc., New York
USAF Museum, www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/index.htm, 2005.