The A-9 looks like a direct descendant:
Bell P-59 Airacomet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The XP-59A wing loading was low enough that to accumulate max flight hours, they'd routinely fly it till the tanks were dry, then glide to land dead-stick on the dry lake bed (now Edwards AFB). Pilots got rather good at managing the approach & landing, then rolling out on the parking ramp.