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The Curtiss XP-31 Swift (Wright Field Project Number XP-934) was a 1930s American experimental monoplane fighter built by Curtiss for the United States Army Air Corps.Although the XP-31 featured the first enclosed cockpit on a U.S. pursuit aircraft it was also the last pursuit aircraft to have fixed landing gear and externally braced wings. Despite its innovations the XP-31 did not offer any advantages compared to its rival the Boeing P-26 Peashooter and was not ordered into series production.
