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The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first of a new generation of combat aircraft—a sleek monoplane design with a retractable undercarriage making extensive use of metal in its construction.
Curtiss P-36C 38-210 (NX80FR) 1939 This P-36 is the only flying example of its type. It saw some World War II service in the United States before being allocated to a technical school. Post-war, it passed through several private owners before being acquired by the Fighter Collection and restored. [8] Curtiss P-40C Warhawk: 41-13357 (G-CIIO)
P-5 Hawk single-seat high-altitude fighter. Model 34M AT-5A, P-1F advanced trainer. Model 34N P-3A & XP-3A Hawk single-seat test. Model 34O P-1C Hawk single-seat fighter. Model 34K XP-6 Hawk single-seat fighter. Model 34P XP-6A, P-6, P-6A, XP-6B, P-6D Hawk single-seat fighter, and Hawk I export version (also the Hawk 1A Gulfhawk owned by Gulf ...
In early 1937, after realizing the Hawk 75 was inferior to more modern European designs, the USAAC ordered one P-36 to be modified with an Allison V-1710 inline engine. The prototype Hawk was fitted with a turbo-supercharged 1,150 hp (860 kW) Allison V-1710-11 engine as the XP-37 (company designation Model 75I). The cockpit was moved back ...
The new site repaired airplanes damaged in combat or by bombing, and may also have assembled some later-model Curtiss H-75 fighters, an export version of the U.S. Army's P-36 monoplane fighter. When Hankou fell in October 1938, CAMCO moved to Hengyang and added Vultee V-11 light bombers to its product line.
Curtiss Hawk 75-O, developed for Argentine Army Aviation, as an export Hawk 75 variant. After leaving the military in 1933, Fisher joined Curtiss-Wright, and was assigned to test pilot duties. In checking out aircraft off the production lines at the Buffalo, New York, plant, on his first day, he flew 10 aircraft.
Other operational aircraft, 24 Northrop N-3PBs and 35 Curtiss Hawk 75-A8s already on order (only five of the original order of 19 P-36s were undelivered, and were sent to Canada along with a further order for 36 new aircraft [5]) were utilized as advanced trainers. Air defence forces were divided between Army and Naval Air Corps, with both ...
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