curtiss

  1. Experimental aircraft: canards of war, aviation oddities, and engineering marvels

    Experimental aircraft: canards of war, aviation oddities, and engineering marvels https://youtu.be/ChtEyx09ZIY
  2. Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver over USS Hornet. How To Fly "The Beast"

    Curtiss SB2C-3 Helldiver over USS Hornet. How To Fly "The Beast" https://youtu.be/InaZUZjkrXc
  3. Aviation Pioneers. Glenn H. Curtiss And The Wright Brothers. The History Of Flight

    Aviation Pioneers. Glenn H. Curtiss And The Wright Brothers. The History Of Flight https://youtu.be/TBQw1xUTTkk
  4. Curtiss Hawk 75 A-2 Manual

    French technical notice for the Hawk 75 A-2, dated June 1939.
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    WW2 Propeller Blade ID

    Hello everyone, I would appreciate any insight on this blade and another that is identical, I was told it was B17 or B24 but shortly thereafter realized it was not. I bought these two identical blades and one P38 Curtiss blade in Walla Walla, WA. The original owner is deceased but supposedly...
  6. C-46 Commando - China Doll

    The Curtiss C-46 Commando
  7. P-36 DECALS

    Does anybody know in detail the H-model decals for P-36C, Cleveland 1939? I need the camo-schemes - are they shown in the description, are there any top, bottom and side views for all 3 planes etc.
  8. What 9 cy. radial engined fighter did better in WW2?

    Reading some replies on the top 3 engines of 1940 thread i came out with this question i try to help with a list of 9 cylinders radial engined fighters, i hope have not miss many ;) PZL P.7 [Bristol Jupiter] (Polish Campaign '39) PZL P.11 [Bristol Mercury, polish, Gnome Rhone 9k rumenian]...
  9. Curtiss P-36 Hawk

    Matt Nightengale built a Curtiss P-36 for Stephen Gray in Europe and we got to see it fly in our last airshow at Chino. Here's a video with Steve Hinton in the cockpit. The Seversky in front of him is our Seversky AT-12 ... basically a 2-seat P-35...
  10. Curtiss-Wright: Loss of Don Berlin and downfall

    Don Berlin left Curtiss in December 1941. Was that a large reason for the fall of Curtiss?
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    Diving speed.

    Hello. I have a request, I am looking for news on the diving speed fighter aircraft of the interwar period and the Second World War. These include the following aircraft: Nieuport-Delage NiD-52/62/622/629; Loire Lo-43/45/46; Dewoitine D-500/501/510; Dewoitine D-37/372/376; Caudron...
  12. TBF Avenger obsolete in light of SBD Dauntless SB2C Helldiver?

    Would Grumman's resources have been better spent designing and manufacturing the replacement for the SBD Dauntless? Curtiss did not handle the SB2C Helldiver project well. Grumman began development of the Avenger two years later that Curtiss began the Helldiver, yet the Avenger entered...
  13. eBay: Curtiss SB2C Helldiver.

  14. Curtiss P-36 Hawk , Curtiss Hawk Model 75

  15. Curtiss P-40 Holier then Thou.

    Singing in the choir.
  16. Curtiss 76 XA-14 Shrike

  17. Curtiss A-25A Shrike

    RAAF
  18. Curtiss A-12 Shrike

  19. eBay: Curtiss P-40

    2-seat Trainer
  20. Curtiss C-46 Commando

    C-46A-40-CU 42-107351 (MSN 27038/CU678) to RFC Sep 28, 1945. WFU and storedSep 1945. Bought by Nationwide Air Transport (Resort Airlines) Mar 10, 1948 and registered as N79096. Leased by Airlines Express Agency Jun 16, 1948 as AN-FAX. Bought by A. Somoza Mar 9, 1949. Reposessed by...