The Vultee XP-54 “Swoose Goose”: A Missed Opportunity?

As global tensions rose in the late 1930s, the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) issued a challenge to leapfrog aviation technology. This initiative gave birth to the Vultee XP-54 “Swoose Goose,” a plane from the ambitious R-40C specification aiming to redefine fighter aircraft. The XP-54