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Sunday, 12 April 2009 01:39 |
| THAI | Hawk III | | Manufactory | Curtiss
| | Aircraft Type | Hawk III
| | Powerplant | n/a | | Range | n/a | | Wingspan | n/a | | Length | n/a | | Height | n/a | | Weights Empty | n/a | | Weights Max T/O | n/a | | Max Speed | n/a | | Output | n/a | | First Flight Date | n/a | | Service in RTAF | 1935 - 1949
| | ^Top | n/a |  |  | The Curtiss Hawk series originated in the USA in 1922, and was steadily developed in various forms through to 1938. This aircraft is one of 24 of the Curtiss Model 68B delivered to Thailand during
1935-36. Some of these aircraft were active until 1949. Note the way the undercarriage is designed to retract into the lower fuselage, a slightly unusual feature in a biplane. This Hawk appears to carry no serial numbers, although the insignia on the rear fuselage may be an earlier version of the one displayed on the museum's Bearcat. One source quotes an engine number of 23399 for this machine. | | This aircraft was modified from BF 2C-I Carrier aircraft to have fold-up landing gears 12 Hawk 1 wing. Purchased in 1935, but after one year production of this aircraft began in Thailand Combat missions during the French Indochina conflict and WW II were carried out by the Hawk 3, service period 1935 - 1949.
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