On this day in aviation history, 87 years ago (October 14, 1938), the Curtiss P-40 took to the skies for the first time. The P-40 was an American single-engine fighter aircraft capable of both air ...
If the North American P-51 Mustang was the LeBron James of World War II American fighters, you can think of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk as almost like Carmello Anthony. Undoubtedly a lethal and capable ...
The Glenn H Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, is a warehouse-sized facility filled with artifacts from the Curtiss Airplane and Motor Corporation, the brainchild of Hammondsport's favorite ...
This shark-nosed winged warrior was one of the first in the fight at Pearl Harbor, where it managed to bite back at the ...
GREENVILLE — There's something about watching a restored World War II-era bomber take off with the sound of jazz in the background that can evoke feelings of nostalgia in all ages. This year's airshow ...
Here’s What You Need to Know: Only forty-six planes were ever produced. Had the Great Depression not put a strain on the U.S. Army Air Corps’ budget, it is likely that greater numbers of the Curtiss P ...