When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, a Curtiss P-40B Warhawk — like many others that day — never left the ground. The “date which will live in infamy,” caught pilots, shipmates, ...

On this day in aviation history, 87 years ago (October 14, 1938), the Curtiss P-40 took to the skies for the first time. The P-40 was an American single-engine fighter aircraft capable of both air ...

Known by many names, including Hawk, Kittyhawk, Tomahawk and Warhawk, by the end of the Second World War, some thirty-one variants of the P-40 were developed, and the aircraft saw service in every ...

It wasn’t the fastest. It wasn’t the most agile. And by mid-war, it was already considered obsolete. So how did the Curtiss P ...

ALBANY, NY – A New York-built American fighter that's one of the few remaining still-airworthy planes to survive the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is being donated to a Massachusetts-based ...

American arthouse motorcycle manufacturer Confederate became Curtiss earlier this year. The rebrand pays tribute to Glenn Curtiss, aviation pioneer, twice world motorcycle speed record holder, once ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter ...

Leased to the Soviets by the US, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk had been underwater for around 70 years A WORLD War II fighter plane shot down during the horrific conflict has been pulled from its watery ...

Use the controls at the bottom of the frame to navigate, zoom in and out, or view full-screen. The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was the best U.S. fighter available in large numbers when World War II ...

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Whether known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 proved to be a successful, versatile fighter ...