An Introduction to the National Air & Space Museum

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OCR: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 6062 SLOPE'S HOP Wingspan 11.37 m (37 ft 4 in) Length 9.49 m (31 ft 2 in) Height 3.23 m (10 ft 7 in) Weight Gross, 3,756 kg (8,280 lb) Empty, 2,880 kg (6,350 ib) Engine Allison V-1710-39, 1,1150 hp 17 Respected by German and Japanese pilots alike, the Curtiss P-40 was the U.S. Army's main fighter at the start of World War II. The Museum's Warhawk sports the colors of the 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, which took the place of the "Flying Tigers" American Volunteer Group in China. Lieutenant Donald Lopez (lower right) poses with his P-40 Warhawk in China in the winter of 1943. Lieutenant Lopez became an ace flying with the 75th Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, Fourteenth Air Force. He joined the staff of the National Air and Space Museum in 1972, and is the curr ...