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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
The XF-14C-2 for the US Navy was another big aircraft that was not needed, the F6F Hellcat doing the job in WW2 and its successor, the F8F Bearcat going the opposite way by aiming for small size.
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Jane's All the World Aircraft 1947 / All the world's aeroplanes
The Curtiss XF14C-2 Experimental Single-seat Fleet Fighter (Wright R-3350-16 engine driving contra-rotating airscrews).
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Air Pictorial 1955-08 / Photos by request
CURTISS XF14C-2. An experimental fleet fighter, the Curtiss Wright XF14C-2 had a Wright R-3350-16 radial driving contraprops. It was intended for high-altitude interception work. The machine was heavy, and development was abandoned. Armament consisted of four 20-mm. cannon plus rockets or bombs. No performance or dimension figures appear ever to have been released.
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Air-Britain Aeromilitaria 2003-02 / J.Meaden - Last of the Curtiss Hawks
XF-14C-2 40-3183 with wings folded, showing the contraprop and the wide track undercarriage. On the cowling is the diving girl 'Coral Princess'. Derelict, it was the last of the line.
