File:Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, New Zealand; April 2014.jpg

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Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk

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English: Top speed: 579 km/h

Wingspan: 11 m Range: 386 km Engine type: Reciprocating engine Unit cost: 44,892–44,892 USD (1944) Manufacturer: Curtiss-Wright

History: Delivered to RAF as ET482. Transferred to RNZAF as NZ3009, April 1942. - Allocated to USAAC 68th PG, Tonga after Pearl Harbor Attack. - Transferred to 14th Squadron RNZAF, served till wars end. - Sold as scrap. Asplin's Supplies, Rukuhia, NZ, 1959. - Scrapyard. d'E.C. Darby & R.H. McGarry, Auckland, NZ, 1959-1994. - Recovered from Rukuhia, NZ scrapyard, 1959. - Loaned to Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1964-1994. -- Displayed as NZ3009. -- Static restoration using wings of NZ3203. Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford, UK, 1994-1997. - Restored to airworthy. Pacific Aircraft Ltd, Auckland, NZ, December 9, 1997-1998 - Registered as ZK-RMH. - Final assembly, Whenuapai AB.

- First flight December 1997.
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Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/volvob12b/50556276028/
Author Bernard Spragg. NZ
Camera location44° 43′ 24.05″ S, 169° 14′ 54″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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