Curtiss P-1 Hawk

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Curtiss P-1 - dvojplošné stíhacie airplane, vyrábané since 1924

Version:
XPW-8B - prototype, víťaz súťaže with typom Boeing XPW-9 (07/1924)
XP-1 - a prototype of the serial version
P-1 - serial verzia, produced 9 kusov, delivered in 1925 pre 27th Pursuit Squadron and 94th Pursuit Squadron, slúžil to 1930
P-1A - improved model P-1, delivered 25 kusov in 1926
P-1B - small changes in the motore, väčšie kolesá, pretty delivered 25 kusov
P-1C - model improved the braking system of the chassis, pretty delivered 33 kusov
P-1D, P-1E, P-1F - označenie machines converted from training lietadiel Hawk AT-4, AT-5 and AT-5A

Pretty produced 149 ks lietadiel this type (including 4 pcs of type of the Curtiss P-2 prestavaných on verziu P-1)

P-2 - five machines with engines, Curtiss V-1400, one temporarily equipped with a compressor as XP-2
XP-3 - conversion of one P-1A radial engine Curtiss R-1454, awaiting settlement
P-3 - six test machines with engines Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1 Wasp
P-5 - five machines with engines, Curtiss V-1150-4 with the turbocharged
P-6 - variants with the engine of the Curtiss Conqueror
XP-17 - P-1 modified for the tests of the engine Wright V-1470-3
XP-21 - two machines with the engine Pratt & Whitney R-985
XP-21A - one of the XP-21 rebuilt motor R-975, the second was converted to P-1F

F6C - variants built for the naval air force
F11C - final variants for the naval air force

Source: Lloyd With. Jones: Army Air Force 1925-1980, Aero Publishers 1975.
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Stíhací letouny Curtiss P-1 Hawk


Přímý předchůdce: Curtiss PW-8





Prototyp XPW-8A/XPW-8B





Curtiss P-1 Hawk





Curtiss P-1A Hawk





Curtiss P-1B Hawk





Curtiss P-1C Hawk





Cvičné varianty - AT-4, AT-5 a AT-5A








Curtiss P-2 Hawk





Curtiss P-3A Hawk





Curtiss P-5 Superhawk





Curtiss XP-17





Další varianty


Kromě výše zmíněných variant do řady Curtiss Hawk patřila nebo z ní vycházely také stroje P-6 s motory Conqueror, které mají samostatné téma, a hned dvě řady stíhaček pro americké námořní letectvo - F6C s řadovými motory, a F11C s motory hvězdicovými.



Zdroje:
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947, Putnam Aeronautical Books, London 1979. ISBN 0-370-10029-8.
Bowers, P. M. Curtiss Army Hawks, Aircraft in Profile No.45. Profile Publications, Leatherhead 1965.
United States Army and Air Force Fighters 1916-1961, Harleyford Publications, Letchworth 1961.
Fahey, James C. U.S. Army Aircraft 1908-1946. Ships and Aircraft, Falls Church, 1964.
Bowers, P. M. Forgotten Fighters/2 and Experimental Aircraft U.S. Army 1918-1941, Arco Publishing Company, New York 1971. ISBN 0-66802-403-8.
http://joebaugher.com/
http://www.aerofiles.com/
http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/
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