North American P-64 / NA-50A / NA-68 Aircraft Engineering Blueprints Collection
Rare and exclusive documentation. Comprehensive archive of original North American Aviation engineering drawings for the P-64, NA-50A, and NA-68 fighter aircraft—exceptionally rare pre-WWII designs that represent a crucial evolutionary step toward the legendary P-51 Mustang.
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This is a living collection that we continuously expand and refine. As we acquire additional P-64, NA-50A, or NA-68 documentation, technical drawings, or variant-specific materials, we update this collection and provide free lifetime updates to all purchasers. Your one-time purchase guarantees permanent ownership and access to all future additions and improvements to this collection.
Historical Note
The North American P-64, NA-50A, and NA-68 represent some of the rarest and most historically significant fighter aircraft of the pre-WWII era. Designed by North American Aviation in the late 1930s as export fighters, these aircraft bridged the gap between biplane-era designs and the modern monoplane fighters that would dominate WWII. The NA-50 (7 built for Peru) and P-64 (6 built, originally ordered by Thailand but diverted to Peru after the fall of France) featured all-metal construction, retractable landing gear, and enclosed cockpits—advanced features for their time.
These designs incorporated engineering principles and construction techniques that would directly influence North American Aviation's subsequent development of the legendary P-51 Mustang. The experience gained in designing and building these early fighters established NAA's reputation for producing high-performance combat aircraft and laid the groundwork for one of aviation's most successful fighter programs.
With only 13 aircraft total produced across all variants (7 NA-50/NA-50A and 6 P-64), these are among the rarest American fighter aircraft ever built. The P-64s saw limited combat service with the Peruvian Air Force, while the NA-50s participated in the 1941 Ecuador-Peru War. Today, no complete examples survive, making this engineering documentation an irreplaceable record of these historically significant aircraft.
Blueprints Included in This Collection
- Approximately 1,800 engineering drawing sheets in high-resolution format
- General Arrangement Drawings - P-64, NA-50A, and NA-68 Configurations
- Structural Details: All-Metal Airframe Construction
- Powerplant Installation: Wright R-1820 Cyclone Engine Mounting
- Landing Gear, Control Surfaces, and Mechanical Systems
- Cockpit Layouts and Instrumentation Details
- Component Assemblies and Construction Details
- Complete Index of Drawing Numbers
This collection provides substantial engineering documentation digitized from original North American Aviation microfilm archives, organized in a structured format by aircraft section and system.
Please Note: This set provides substantial documentation but is not exhaustive. It represents significant coverage of these exceptionally rare aircraft.
Why This Collection Matters
This is one of the rarest collections of American pre-WWII fighter documentation available. With only 13 aircraft ever built and none surviving intact, these engineering drawings represent the only comprehensive technical record of North American Aviation's first fighter designs—the direct ancestors of the P-51 Mustang. This archive preserves the complete engineering heritage of aircraft that would otherwise be lost to history.
Engineering Norms and Standards
Documentation reflects U.S. military export specifications and foreign military requirements from the late 1930s, North American Aviation engineering practices from the company's early fighter development period, and construction standards that would evolve into NAA's legendary P-51 Mustang program.
Format and Delivery
Digital download via secure cloud link. TIFF and Adobe PDF formats compressed in RAR archive. High-resolution scans from original North American Aviation microfilm with organized folder structure and complete drawing index.
Extraction Instructions: Files are compressed in RAR format. Free extraction software available at rarlab.com
Legal Notice
This documentation is provided by Online Aviation Library, operated by Sicuro Publishing, under a structured licensing framework. Sicuro Publishing does not distribute controlled content—we provide documentation structuring, compliance architecture, and publishing systems for content legally owned by our clients and licensing partners.
These materials are sold for historical reference, research, and archival purposes only. The North American P-64, NA-50A, and NA-68 are no longer in production (only 13 total built, none surviving). This collection serves historians, museum professionals, aerospace engineers, scale modelers, and researchers requiring primary source technical documentation for these exceptionally rare pre-WWII fighters.
Your purchase grants permanent ownership of this structured collection with free lifetime updates. This is exclusive documentation not widely available elsewhere.
The compilation, structure, indexing, and presentation are © Sicuro Publishing, registered in the Canadian Copyright Database. Underlying historical factory materials remain the property of their original creators or successor entities.
These drawings are not meant to be used for current certification or repair work. Information is for reference only, and we do not guarantee completeness, accuracy, or currency of any drawings. This set is substantial but not exhaustive.
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