Bell P-63 Kingcobra

Bell P-63 Kingcobra adalah pesawat tempur Amerika Serikat dikembangkan oleh Bell dalam Perang Dunia II dari Bell P-39 Airacobra dalam upaya untuk memperbaiki kekurangan pesawat itu.

Meskipun pesawat tidak diterima untuk digunakan tempur United States Army Air Forces, itu berhasil diadopsi oleh Angkatan Udara Soviet.

Referensi 

 Angelucci, Enzo and Paolo Matricardi. World Aircraft: World War II, Volume II (Sampson Low Guides). Maidenhead, UK: Sampson Low, 1978. ISBN 0-562-00096-8.
 Bridgman, Leonard, ed. “The Bell Kingcobra.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946, p. 207. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
 Dean, Francis H. America's Hundred Thousand. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1997. ISBN 0-7643-0072-5.
 Dorr, Robert F. "Bell Cobra Variants: P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra" Wings of Fame, Vol. 10, 1998.
 Gordon, Yefim. Soviet Air Power in World War 2. Hinckley, Lancashire, UK: Midland, Ian Allan Publishing, 2008. ISBN 978-1-85780-304-4.
 Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War, Volume Four: Fighters. London: MacDonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., Sixth impression 1969, first edition 1961. ISBN 0-356-01448-7.
 Green, William and Gordon Swanborough. WW2 Aircraft Fact Files: US Army Air Force Fighters, Part 1. London: Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd., 1977. ISBN 0-356-08218-0.
 Hardesty, Von. Red Phoenix: The Rise of Soviet Air Power 1941-1945. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1991, First edition 1982. ISBN 0-87474-510-1.
 Hickman, Ivan. Operation Pinball: The USAAF's Secret Aerial Gunnery Program in WWII. St. Paul, Minnesota: Motorbooks International, 1990. ISBN 0-87938-472-7.
 Jane, Fred T. “The Bell Kingcobra.” Jane’s Fighting Aircraft of World War II. London: Studio, 1946. ISBN 1-85170-493-0.
 Johnsen, Frederick A. Bell P-39/P-63 Airacobra & Kingcobra. St. Paul, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, ISBN 1-58007-010-8.
 Lednicer, David A. "Aerodynamics of the Bell P-39 Airacobra and P-63 Kingcobra." SAE paper 2000-01-167. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: SAE International, 9 May 2000.
 Long, Everett A. and Ivan Y. Neganblya. Cobras over the Tundra (bilingual Russian/English). Reno, Nevada: Arktika, 2nd edition 2001, 1992. ISBN 0-9634578-1-0.
 Matthews, Birch. Cobra! Bell Aircraft Corporation 1934-1946. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 1996. ISBN 0-88740-911-3.
 Pelletier, Alain J. "French 'Kings' - Bell P-63 Kingcobras in Indochina" Air Enthusiast, No 72, 1997.
 Smith, F. and D.J. Higton. “Flight Tests of “King Cobra” FZ.440 to Investigate the Practical Requirements for the Achievement of Low Profile Drag Coefficients on a “Low Drag” Aerofoil.” Aeronautical Research Council R&M 2375, August 1945.
 Tomalik, Jacek. Bell P-39 Airacobra Cz.1, Monografie Lotnicze 58 (in Polish). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 1999. ISBN 83-7237-032-X.
 Tomalik, Jacek. Bell P-63 Kingcobra, XFL-1 Airabonita, P-39 Airacobra Cz.2, Monografie Lotnicze 59 (in Polish). Gdańsk, Poland: AJ-Press, 2001. ISBN 83-7237-034-6.
 Petit, Jean-Jacques. "Le Kingcobra en Indochine", Aviation Francaise Magazine No. 1 (Dec 2004/Jan 2005), pp. 4–21

Pranala luar 

Data
 Commemorative Air Force restoration of P-63 42-68941
 Contemporary report on Kingcobra in Flight 1944
 National Museum of the United States Air Force Fact Sheets: Bell P-63 Kingcobra
 National Museum of the United States Air Force P-63 43-11728
 Palm Springs Air Museum P-63 42-68864
 Pima Air and Space Museum P-63 43-11727 
 Yanks Air Museum P-63 42-69080
Photos
 Photo of the P-63 Kingcobra in flight.
 Walkaround P-63 Kingcobra from Monino Museum, Russia
 Photo of Larry Haven's 'Race 90" at warbirdaeropress.com 
 Photo of Charles Tucker's Race 30 with the  wings from airrace.com
 Gallery of photos in French service