Filling the Gaps. Last week a live ringer for the Tin Goose, Aircraft Hydroforming’s newly refined Bushmaster 2000, trundled down a Long Beach, Calif., runway and took off over the Pacific on a ...

The 2-AT was the first all-metal American certified aircraft. The aircraft was dubbed the “Tin Goose” by the news media at the time. It featured padded seats, opening windows, and even a bathroom.

Along with the Northrop XP-56 Black Bullet, the Swoose Goose and the Ascender resulted from United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) proposal R-40C issued on November 27, 1939, for aircraft with ...