Niagara Falls, NY, 11 November 2004. Further reading External links NMUSAF – Curtiss XP-55 NASM article XP-55 Ascender by Joe Baugher Curtiss Wright XP-55 Ascender -USAAF Resource Center at warbirdsresourcegroup.org Dayton Air Show History "Flying Backwards to the Future", Popular Science, August 1945 P-55 Ascender Curtiss P-55 Ascender Single-engined pusher aircraft Canard aircraft Cancelled military aircraft projects of the United States Aircraft first flown in 1943