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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 Hawk was a name common to many aircraft designed and produced by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor ... Model 75, Model 75B, Model 75D Experimental prototypes.
Curtiss BF2C Goshawk (aka Curtiss Hawk III – Models 67 and 68) Curtiss F11C Goshawk (aka Hawk II) Curtiss-Wright CW-21 – 6 flown, 27 kits not built; Boeing P-12; Boeing P-26 Peashooter (aka Model 281) – 11 bought from USA; Curtiss P-36 Hawk – license production as Hawk 75A-5 and Mohawk IV (8 completed) Lockheed P-38 Lightning; Curtiss P ...
These were soon followed by the Hawk 75 monoplane. The demonstration model Hawk 75N, with non-retractable landing gear was purchased in 1938 and became the personal aircraft of the American advisor to the Aviation Committee, Claire Chennault who oversaw training and lobbied for the procurement of American aircraft.
The Curtiss P-37 was an American fighter aircraft made by Curtiss-Wright in 1937 for the US Army Air Corps. A development of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk to use an inline engine instead of the radial engine of the P-36 the fuselage was lengthened and the cockpit moved back. A small number of YP-37 aircraft was built for Air Corps evaluation.
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 ...
A winter weather advisory was put in place late Sunday for many counties across the tri-state for potential winter weather threats.
Donovan Reese Berlin (June 13, 1898 – May 17, 1982) was an American military aircraft designer and aircraft industry executive. Among the many designs with which he is associated are the Curtiss P-36 Hawk, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and Fisher P-75 Eagle.