Senin, 23 Oktober 2017

Aviation History Briefing- September 2011

Kiwi P-40C Takes Wing The C model of the evergreen Curtiss P-40 was a rare bird. Only 193 were built, a tiny percentage of the nearly 14,000 P-40s of all marks. Often derided as obsolete, the P-40 continued to be manufactured even while North American, Lockheed and Republic were churning out superior fighters, so the …

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