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Subject: Re: Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender pics [6/7] - Curtiss_XP-55_Ascender-6.jpg
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The story I heard was that the folks putting the prototype together nick
named it the "ass ender" because the tail was in the front. Hence the
"Ascender."
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