Monday, April 14, 2025

The Curtiss BF2C Goshawk-2 served the U.S. Navy from 1934-1938.

 





5 comments:

  1. I had model of the Goshawk painted it in the livery as shown in the first photo. Retractable gear too.
    Just a really cool beefy aircraft.

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  2. Look at that thing. A WW1 fighter/bomber, incrementally improved. No real progress since 1918. Two .30 cal machine guns, one under-fuselage 600 lb hardpoint, two under-wing 100 lb hardpoints. 500 miles range, 200 mph top speed, 600 hp. And ten years after the GosHawk going into service in 1932, the first Merlin P-51 flew in November 1942. Technology improvement is episodic.

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  3. Pity Curtiss kinda faded away as a company and a man. Both imho were/are underappreciated.

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    1. Great Curtiss museum in Hammonsport, NY. You can't miss it, it has a C-46 out front.

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    2. Compare this to the Messerschmitt BF 109 which was first flown in May 1935 and was operational by 1937

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