Reading about the Boomerang and the Wirraway, it's clear that the nascent Australian aircraft industry had some capability, and they were eager to produce some aircraft with which to contribute to the war effort and to their own regional defense, instead of just waiting for aircraft to arrive...
I'm doing research for a story but I can't find any info on the maximum speed to extend the landing gear on a P-36/ Hawk 75 A. I know modern aircraft have published limits, but none of the technical data I've found on the P-36 mentions it. Does such a number exist? If not, what airspeed would be...
While plugging away on other recent bigger projects, I've been spending some time working on an old 1/72 scale Monogram P-36. I thought it might be interesting to not just mention that aircraft, but some of the other, related builds done with the same kit over the years.
I'll begin with a plain...
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.
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...