However, it greatly improved upon the radial-engined P-36 Hawk, which was an intermediate step between the Curtiss bi-planes and the P-40. The result was a prime example of evolution rather than ...

into the conglomerate we all know today as Curtiss-Wright. The new company's first mono-wing fighter, the P-36 Hawk, never got up to much in U.S. Army Air Corps service apart from frantically ...

The P-40’s design was based on the Curtiss P-36 Hawk, which saved time and costs relative to building a new plane from scratch. Originally conceived as a pursuit aircraft, the P-40 was agile at ...

In 1940, when the Anglo-French Purchasing Commission arrived in the United States looking for military aircraft, they were hoping for something a little faster than the Curtiss P-36 Hawk and the ...

The Curtiss P-36 Hawk struggled to gain traction with the US military but found unexpected success overseas. This fighter’s ...