Curtiss H-75A-1 Hawk 75 US monoplane fighter aircraft flying at the 2015 Flying Legends air show
Image details
Contributor:
Niall Ferguson / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
EY3A65File size:
23.9 MB (214.7 KB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
3336 x 2502 px | 28.2 x 21.2 cm | 11.1 x 8.3 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
12 July 2015Location:
Imperial War Museum, Duxford, Cambridgeshire, United KingdomMore information:
• Aircraft Type: Curtiss Wright Corporation Curtiss H-75A-1 Hawk 75 G-CCVH • Operator: The Fighter Collection • Year of Manufacture: 1939 • Powered by: one Pratt and Whitney R-1830-925 • Colour scheme: Armée de l’air Lafayette Escadrille Sioux Indian head emblem. The Curtiss H-75 was a private venture which flew for the first time in May 1935. Following development and a new engine, three prototype aircraft were ordered by the US Army Air Corps under the designation Y1P-36. This eventually led to the P-36 lineage which went on to serve with around a dozen air arms across the world, including the USAAC as the P-36, the RAF as the Mohawk, and France as the H-75. This Hawk wears an authentic Armée de l’Air standard three-tone scheme, with her GC 11/5 markings on her port, and the Lafayette Escadrille Sioux Indian head motif (the TFC logo) on her starboard side. The Fighter Collection’s Hawk is a very rare aircraft, as she is the only airworthy example of the Curtiss P-36 lineage left anywhere in the world.”