The Wedell-Williams XP-34 was an obsolete fighter aircraft design submitted to the United States Army Air Corps before World War II by Marguerite Clark Williams, the widow of millionaire Harry P. Williams .
Williams was owner of Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation . The aircraft was the brainchild of Jimmy Wedell , a famous aircraft designer and air racer. The XP-34 was a direct result of the development of Wedell's most successful designs, the Model 44 and Model 45.
On October 1 1935, the USAAC ordered a full set of drawings and issued the XP-34 designation. It soon became apparent, however, with its original 700 hp (522 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1535 Twin Wasp engine, the anticipated performance of the XP-34 would be insufficent compared to designs already in production. Wedell-Williams suggested substituting the 900 hp (670 kW) Pratt & Whitney XR-1830 instead, but the Air Corps was no longer interested and the project was cancelled without any aircraft being built.
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Related development:
Wedell-Williams Model 44 -
Wedell-Williams Model 45
Comparable aircraft:
Designation sequence:
XP-31 -
XP-32 -
XP-33 -
XP-34 -
P-35 -
P-36 -
YP-37
