LF7265 CURTISS P-1C

The Curtiss P-1 Hawk was an American fixed landing gear biplane fighter in the classic layout. The flight of the prototype took place in 1923, and about 200 machines of this type were created during serial production. The plane, in the P-1C version, was 7.01 meters long with a wingspan of 9.6 meters. The drive was provided by a single Curtiss D-12C engine with a power of up to 422 HP. The maximum speed was around 250 km / h, with a flight range of 480 kilometers. The deck armament consisted of two 7.62 mm Browning M1919 machine guns. The Curtiss P-1 Hawk was essentially a mass-produced XPW.8B prototype aircraft, also manufactured at Curtiss, which in turn was based on the R-6 fighter. Both machines were relatively similar in construction, but had slightly different power units, the structure of the middle part of the fuselage and slightly different performance. Several versions of the Curtiss P-1 Hawk were developed in the course of production, such as: P-1C (version with Curtiss D-12E engine), P-3A (version with Pratt and Whitney Wasp engine) or AT-4 (training version) . Apart from the United States, aircraft of this type in various versions were operated in, among others, Bolivia, Chile and Japan.