Testbeds &
Experimentals

This ship was used to test experimental long-range ferry tanks meant for flights
across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. They were never adopted for operational use.


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More tank testing. The ship in this photo may be the same as shown above, and is said to be
P-40E-1 41-25094. If so, it's interesting that she appears to carry an Allison V-1710-73, ala the
P-40K. Numerous late-production P-40E/E-1s were equipped with that more powerful engine,
but also had the modified tail of the early P-40Ks. This ship does not have the latter. A small
mystery to unravel someday. If this is indeed 41-25094, she later served at Moore Field, Texas.


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In 1942 Curtiss came up with this twin-engined design that never made it past the mock-up
stage. The serial number 41-13456 indicates a P-40C, but the fuselage is clearly that of a
Model 87 variant, probably a P-40F. The engine cowlings are certainly from P-40Fs as well.


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