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A P-40.

A beautiful aircraft. The American Volunteer Group put it to good use against the Japanese in China. I remember the John Wayne movie about the group. Long ago.

Looks fearsome Same family as the spitfire?

John McGeoghan: The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is of the same era as the Supermarine Spitfire, but fell well short of the Spitfire's performance, particularly ceiling (29,000ft vs 36,000ft) and rate of climb (2,100 ft/min vs 2,600 ft/min). Both aircraft had water-cooled V12 engines but the P-40's Allison V-1710 produced 1,150hp compared to the Spitfire's Rolls-Royce Merlin 1,470hp.

the Curtiss-Wright Museum in Hammondsport, NY would LOVE to have one of these. They need a benefactor.

Colin ,thanks for your detail feeding my curiosity.. They look to have a similar airframe. Did the designers collaborate? When were they superseded?
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"P-40's Allison V-1710 produced 1,150hp compared to the Spitfire's Rolls-Royce Merlin 1,470hp."
Which is why they switched to a Merlin in the Mustang

In response to Alan Mistrater: The Curtiss Museum DOES have a P-40, currently in the restoration shop. My 92 year old uncle works on it every Friday.

Jplumley your uncle ex service man?

Any AP 40 this side of the pond?

JB great story link. Thank you.

The Flying Tigers

There are quite a few surviving P-40's. There is a list here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_surviving_Curtiss_P-40s

But I'm not sure how many are still flying. I believe it is only one or two dozen. I just got to see (and hear) five p-40's at the same time last month. Very cool! I've posted some pics to my gallery and will post some more over the next little while.

Oh, and nice pic, Gary!