On January 6, 1944, the McDonnell XP-67 Moonbat made its first flight, marking an ambitious but troubled attempt to create a ...

The McDonnell XP-67 "Moonbat" was an ambitious 1940s interceptor prototype that integrated a multitude of new and unproven technologies, including a unique blended-wing body design and innovative ...

One of James McDonnell's early concepts, the XP-67 Moonbat was a blended-wing-body design whose performance, thanks to anemic engines, was stamped FAIL. But get a load of the demo flight (and stellar ...

The little-known XP-67 Bat warplane prototype was the McDonnell Aircraft Company's first attempt to enter the aviation industry before the United States joined World War II. The Moonbat was a ...