This Day in Aviation History
September 18th, 1941
First flight of the Curtiss P-60.

The Curtiss P-60 was a 1940s United States single-engine single-seat, low-wing monoplane fighter aircraft developed by the Curtiss-Wright company as a successor to their P-40. It went through a lengthy series of prototype versions, eventually evolving into a design that bore little resemblance to the P-40. None of these versions reached production…..

Source:
Wikipedia, Curtiss P-60: http://gstv.us/1Oi59OI

Joe Baugher, Curtiss P-60: http://gstv.us/1Oi5iSd

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