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Description
| Manufacturer: | Curtiss |
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| Base model: | P-23 | ||
| Designation: | XP-232 | ||
| Nickname: | Hawk | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Pursuit | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Recent comments by our visitors
| John Baker Fort Worth, TX | I knew Carl and saw this aircraft numerous times at Cleburne, Buffalo Chip and various fly-ins across north Texas. Truly an awesome aircraft and an awesome person!!
Fly west my friend!! 06/10/2007 @ 22:31 [ref: 16798] |
| Neil Harris , TX | This a rendition of an XP23 that a friend and myself built in the early to mid 1980's. It used a mechanically fuel injected 400cu in. 620hp motor turning a Hartzel variable pitch 3 blade through a 1.9:1 reduction drive. Fully aerobatic systems, upper wing center wing flap for angle-of-attack trim. Two place seating. Stall 68-73mph, Vne 210mph.
It flew for 10 years before distruction in a in-flight crash film production for the EAA. Pilot deceased. 04/12/2006 @ 12:11 [ref: 13135] |
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