Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39

XA-39
Role	Ground-attack aircraft
National origin	United States
Built by	Kaiser-Fleetwings
Primary user	United States Army Air Forces
Number built	0

The Kaiser-Fleetwings A-39 was a project by Kaiser-Fleetwings in the 1942–1943 period for an attack aircraft powered by a single Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engine. It was to be armed with four .50 caliber machine guns and two 37 mm cannons, along with up to 3,000 pounds (1,400 kg) of bombs.^[1] The A-39 was canceled before any prototypes were built.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Johnson 2012^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: one
Length: 42 ft 9 in (13.03 m)
Wingspan: 55 ft 9 in (16.99 m)
Max takeoff weight: 20,500 lb (9,299 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-2800 radial engine, 2,100 hp (1,600 kW)

Armament

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1 2 3 Johnson, E.R. (2012). American Attack Aircraft since 1926. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. pp. 419–420. ISBN 978-0786471621.

Fleetwings and Kaiser-Fleetwings aircraft

Fleetwings	33 Sea Bird BT-12 BQ-1 BQ-2 PQ-12

Kaiser-Fleetwings	A-39 BQ-2 BTK FK

United States attack aircraft designations, Army/Air Force and Tri-Service systems

Army/Air Force sequence
(1925-1962)

Tri-service sequence
(1962-present)

Main sequence	A-1 A-2 A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-7/F A-8 A-9 A-10 A-11¹ A-12 A-13¹ A-14 A-15 to A-28¹ A-29 A-30 to A-36¹ A-37

Non-sequential	F/A-18 F/A-18E/F EA-18G A-26

¹ Not assigned

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