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GrahamClayton, e-mail, 19.01.2025 03:19

Sad that Curtiss-Wright went from being the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world at WW2 to going out of business just 3 years later.


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Matthew Moss, e-mail, 24.07.2020 03:18

Hi Mark, I'm a historian my current project is www.armourersbench.com and I was planning on writing an article and making a video about the XF-87 and have been doing some research into the Blackhawk and also noticed a lot of the information is identical so would be interested to hear from you.


Mark lane, e-mail, 12.06.2020 19:11

Is your dad still alive ? Would like to talk to him or find someone that was involved with this. My grandfather was chief engineer at Curtiss Wright for 28 years and I know the true story behind this and info to back it up. All these websites that have info seem to just copy and paste the same info that is not accurate.
It’s a shame.


Gene McManus, e-mail, 20.12.2017 22:38

My Dad, Bob McManus was at Muroc with the XF-87 during testing in the late 48-49 time frame. He worked for Curtiss-Wright then.


Klaatu83, e-mail, 16.04.2013 15:17

I always thought this looked like an over-sized and slightly angular Gloster Meteor. Not surprisingly the Air Force chose the more fighter-like Northrop F-89 instead.


macc, e-mail, 02.10.2011 07:55

With the failure of this airplane to go into production, Curtiss sold its aviation division to North American. Interesting to note however that Curtiss-Wright built more aircraft including the forerunner to the Bell-Boeing V-22. The Blackhawk was a beautiful airplane, and graced the skies one more time for the great Curtiss Corporation.


macc, e-mail, 23.12.2010 08:30

The Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk suffered from underpowered Westinghouse engines, and a design flaw that caused the airplane to " buffet " at speeds in excess of 200 mph. The Northrup Scorpion was clearly superior and the production order for the Curtiss Blackhawk was cancelled. There were plans to replace the 4 Westinghouse engines with 2 General Electric engines, but this never materialized as the "buffeting" problem was never resolved.


gray Stanback, e-mail, 06.04.2010 02:32

Beautiful plane. . . pity it never entered production.



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