We're beyond thrilled to welcome back Thom Richard and his P-40 Warhawk American Dream to our National Warplane Museum - Geneseo Airshow on July 13th-14th! 🇺🇸 Additionally, you'll see clips of QuickSilver P-51 in this video, who will also be at our show. They flew an amazing formation flight last year! Did you know that the Curtiss P-40, with its maiden flight on October 14, 1938, at the Curtiss-Wright factory in Buffalo, New York, holds a remarkable place in aviation history? A total of 13,73

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#FascinatingFact: The landing gear on the P-40 and on the Zero influenced the aircraft's maneuverability while in the air! The P-40, like many WWII aircraft, is a tail dragger, meaning its landing gear has two (2) main gear one under each wing and a smaller wheel under the tail, giving it the distinctive WWII nose up look for many of the aircraft on the ground. Although the P-40s and their opponents, the Zero, were both tail draggers, there is a striking difference while in the air. The P-40 had