In all, the P-40 proved itself a worthy and rugged fighter. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was the third most widely produced American fighter of World War II, after the North American P-51 Mustang and the ...

OCALA - Test pilot Mike Burke used one word to the describe the inaugural fight of the tribute plane the Bonnie Kaye, a World War II-era Curtiss P-40N Warhawk style fighter that was built in a 10-year ...

SAN DIEGO SAN DIEGO — During World War II, young Americans in P-40 Warhawks battled Japanese Zeros. Seventy years later, young San Diegans have prepared a P-40 to fight a new enemy: historical amnesia ...

Not too long ago - October 2007, to be precise - engine maker Pratt & Whitney seemed painted into a strategically perilous corner. New requirements were emerging for next-generation bombers, ...

Click to open image viewer. Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter during the first half of World War II. The shark-mouthed ...

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AIR FORCE The P-40 Warhawk wreck, believed to have fallen during the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, was an early model B or C version similar to this P-40 B. COURTESY DAVE TROJAN ...

★ Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ★ An all-metal, 300 mph fighter, the P-40 was the frontline U.S. fighter when the war began. It was made famous by Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers, who, among other squadrons, ...