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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-60 in its first form was a conversion of the second XP-53 airframe 41-19508 with a laminar-flow wing and a RR Merlin 28 engine. At this stage resemblance to the P-40 is still apparent.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-60 seen in flight after modifications which included a larger-fin and rudder. The wing leading edge knuckles of the P-40 undercarriage have disappeared with the inwards-retracting undercarriage of the laminar-flow wing.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The new wing and undercarriage are seen on the XP-60D which was modified from the XP-60 by fitting a Merlin 61, later with a four-blade propeller.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
The Curtiss XP-60D Experimental Single-seat Fighter (Packard V-1650-3 Merlin engine).
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-60A combined a new fuselage with the laminar-flow wing and the unavailable Packard Merlin 61 was replaced with an Allison V-1710-75 with 11 ft 8 in diameter Curtiss electric four-blade propeller, but it flew without its turbo-supercharger.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-60C with P & W R-2800-53 engine and contraprop. The turbo-charger intake is in the bulge under the fuselage. The XP-60C showed up poorly at the April 1943 fighter trials at Patterson Field.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-60E with R-2800-10 engine and four-blade propeller. It was produced as a conversion of the airframe of the uncompleted XP-60B and attained a maximum speed of 410 mph at 20,200 ft.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
YP-60E 43-32763 with the bubble hood which gave it the best pilot's view of all the series. The turbo-supercharger intake is in the chin position at the bottom of the cowling.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The Curtiss YP-60E Experimental Single-seat Fighter (Pratt & Whitney R-2800-18 engine).
This view of the YP-60E shows the chin intake for the turbo-supercharger and the muzzles of the six 0.5 in. machine guns in the wing. -
Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
The Curtiss XP-62 Experimental Single-seat Fighter (Wright R-3350-17 engine driving contra-rotating airscrews).
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XP-62 with 2,300 hp Wright R3350-17 was a giant for a single-seater and had a six-blade contraprop to prevent swing on takeoff. Even so the fin had a large fillet to straighten the airflow over the tail. It was cancelled in favour of the P-47G.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
Регистрационный номер: NX21979 Jimmy de Santo taxying his YP-60E NX21979 'Connie II' with severely clipped wing of only 31 ft 2 in span. Prominent are the black stains behind the cowling from the combined exhausts.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
XP-60E 42-79425 after its accident, tailwheel still retracted indicating a belly-landing. The Curtiss hollow steel propeller damage indicates the engine stopped and propeller rotated sufficiently by the impact to wreck all four blades.
