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1942
1942 - 1696.PDF
FIRST 1923-First Ami> Hawk, 420 h. p. Flown by Ft. R. F. Maughan in first coaslato-coasL, dawn-to- dusk flight—150 m.p.h. 1929'Six year* of development finds this I*-6 Hawk with greater horsepower—625 — and many improvements. 1937*Retractable landing gear (a 1933 development on the Navy Hawks), a speed of over 300 m.p.h., a I100-H.P. engine, were among the notable ad vances on the P-36 series. 1941 -Since the production of the original P-40 s, this famous teries has undergone four sue* craiiivc "stcp-ups ' to new high performance levels in speed, ceiling and striking power. StCOND PRINTING i • Send 101 for your copy of this fascinat ing 96-page history of aviation by Assen JordonofT, author of "Your Wina*"f with illustrations of cur- rent fighting types. Airplane Division, Curtiss-Wright Corp.. Buffalo, hi. Y. WHAWKi From the start, Curtiss P-40's have been many successive step-ups in performance, in the thick of nearly every important air Now a still greater P-40, the Warhawk. combat the world over. Back home, with- with its hard-hitting fire power, will soon out a halt in desperately needed produc- be winning new victories in Americaj* tion, these famous fighters have undergone inarch toward all-out air supremacy. c u RT|« s^w IUI;IU AIRPLANE DIVISION
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