TFC Curtis Hawk-75 Airborne
 

TFC's Hawk-75 made its first UK flights today

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Rob

Fan-tastic! Bet she sounds good too! Look forward to seeing her at Legends!

Has the P-51C Princess Elizabeth flown again yet?

Treadders

I'm pretty sure that Princess Elizabeth hasn't flown yet, but I would think that there'll be some happy snappers around when she does (if not for the first flight then certainly for a subsequent one).

Rob

history?
 

Not having access to many of the UK magazines, can someone post some history on this ship? It's one of the prettiest airplanes ever IMHO. Does this one have a Cyclone or Twin Wasp? The proportions of the cowl suggest a twin row engine but I've been fooled before.

And - pedantery rules. Curtiss (note spelling) built this ship.

The engine on the Hawk-75 is a Twin Wasp.

The aircraft fought for both sides in WW2:

Hawk 75 to fly again (Air Classics, Jul 2004)

History of the type:

International Hawk (Air Classics, Jul 2003)

Don't know if its a trick of the light, but does it have RAF roundels under the wings?

Look like Froggy roundels to me. Blue bit in the middle.

Looks marvellous. Probably quite a bit better than the original:8