Aircraft Photo of N982V | Curtiss Hawk I-A | AirHistory.net #24541
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:N982V
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss Hawk I
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss Hawk I/II
Aircraft Version:Curtiss Hawk I-A
C/n (msn):1
Aircraft Name:Gulfhawk
Location
City / Airport:Washington - Dulles InternationalMap
Region / Country:Virginia, United States
Airport Codes:ICAO: KIAD   IATA: IAD   Local: IAD   Other: -
Collection:National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian) - Udvar-Hazy Center
 
Photo Date:1 May 2016
Photo by:Peter de Jong
Photo ID: 24541
Photo Comment

Built in 1929 as the Curtiss Long-Distance Hawk I demonstrator, a variant of the P-6E fighter, and registered NR636E. Rebuilt after a crash as the Hawk IA and delivered to aerobatic pilot Al Williams as NR982V in August 1930. Named Gulfhawk and painted orange when Williams was contracted by Gulf Oil in 1933. Replaced by the Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II in 1936. Restored from 1958-62 and subsequently flown by Hollywood stunt pilot Frank Tallman. Donated to the NASM in 1969.

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