330-PS-2519:   U.S. Navy XA2J-1, first multi-engine turbo-prop carrier based attack bomber, takes off from Los Angeles International Airport on its first flight.  The plane is capable of speeds of in excess of 400 miles an hour, has a maximum take-off gross weight in excess of 26 tons, making it the heaviest of the Navy’s carrier planes.  It carries 20mm armament and is capable of carrying a bomb load of 10,000 pounds.  It is powered by two Allison T-40 turbo-prop engines turning six-bladed contra-rotating Aeroproducts propellers.  Photograph released January 31, 1952.  (5/26/2015).
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