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Description
| Manufacturer: | Curtiss |
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| Base model: | P-60 | ||
| Designation: | XP-60 | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Pursuit | ||
| Status: | Experimental | ||
Specifications
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Known serial numbers
Recent comments by our visitors
| George , WA | Kris, the P-40L was not the same. The Packard Merlin engine was used but there are differences. Look at the picture on this page and compare it to the P-40L. The gear fold back and not inward. The vertical stabilizer is different too... 01/14/2007 @ 20:05 [ref: 15187] |
| Kris , IN | I thought the P-40L had the Packard engine. this plane looks like a P-40L redesignated P-60 01/12/2007 @ 10:10 [ref: 15166] |
| George , WA | SPECIFICATIONS (XP-60)
Span: 41 ft. 5 in. Length: 33 ft. 4 in. Height: 14 ft. 4 in. Weight: 7,010 lbs. empty/9,350 lbs. gross Armament: None; later models designed for eight, six or four .50-cal. machine guns Engine: Packard V-1650-1 "Merlin" of 1,300 hp. PERFORMANCE Maximum speed: 380 mph Looks like a rehashed P-40. For Curtiss as an aircraft company, the end was near. 01/21/2006 @ 01:38 [ref: 12218] |
| Vahe Demirjian Newport Coast, CA | One USAF historian described the P-60 story rather "different in feeling...a sad, sad story." 11/07/2005 @ 13:32 [ref: 11640] |
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