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Post by Deleted on May 31, 2023 12:57:26 GMT -5
One of the most exciting aerobatic aircraft of the 1930s and 1940s was the Grumman G-22 Gulfhawk II, built by Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation in Bethpage, Long Island, for the Gulf Oil Companies. It was delivered to Roosevelt Field, Long Island, in December 1936 for Major Alfred "Al" Williams, former naval aviator and Marine, who at the time was head of Gulf's aviation department. The airplane thrilled many an air show spectator throughout the United States and Europe from 1936 to 1948. It was a feature attraction at such meets as the Cleveland Air Races, the Miami All-America Air Show, and the New York World's Fair, demonstrating precision aerobatics and the new technique of dive bombing. At one of the National Air Races, Ernst Udet, a well known WWI German ace, was impressed with accuracy of dive bombing and bought two Hawks to take back to Germany. During WWII, he became number-two man for aircraft production. The plane at the said Roosevelt Field. A nice creation done by Kazunori Ito.  The Gulfhawk was one of the first aircraft with retractable gear.  Bernard |
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Post by Tom/CalClassic on May 31, 2023 13:43:53 GMT -5
I assume this was a civil version of the US Navy fighter.
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Post by Jorge on May 31, 2023 19:38:55 GMT -5
I assume this was a civil version of the US Navy fighter. Yep! Gulfhawk II from Grumman and based on the F3F-2, the older model of the F3F-3 "Flying Barrel" which eventually became the famous F4F "Wildcat" in WW2. This looks like the model by Master "FS Sensei" Kazunori Ito, if I'm not mistaken. It has the "flatter" engine nacelle when compared to the "-3" model used by the late 1930's. This particular paint job is also available for the freeware F3F-3 from Aeroplane Heaven over at SOH as well as other websites, though I believe the Gulfhawk paint for that particular model is only available at SOH. Their version has the "longer" engine nacelle in use later for the slightly larger engine, if I'm not mistaken. The two "Hawks" Udet bought, however, were from Curtiss and were export versions of the F11C (Fighter; 11th design submitted to the USN; Curtiss), which would later be redesignated as the BFC (Bomber-Fighter; Curtiss). These Curtiss Hawks were shown to the public at the Olympics in 1936, and the airframe of the only surviving example is on display at a museum in Poland where it had ended up somehow during the war. It still had the white paint job with the red "swastica" flag on the tail when found, so probably not being used for military work since that would've been a "bomb magnet" by 1943. I had thought about doing flight characteristics for the F3F (either the AH or KI version) a while back in the same manner I did the updates for the Paul Clawson birds over at SOH, but never got around to it. Too little time and too many other things going on at the time. Once we're done with the current radio projects (LORAN and HFDF; no relation to each other) I'm planning on tackling Platinum Wings again to see if I can release some stuff for people to test out. By the way, nice montage, Bernard! I don't recognize the version of Roosevelt field there, so I'm guessing it's a personal creation. If it is, nice job! I can do some terrain for you down the road if you want. Just send me the ADE and I'll use the coords of the grass poly to make the terrain. Should take 30-45 minutes, tops. Just give me some time.  Jorge Miami, FL |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2023 11:44:00 GMT -5
Jorge, that's a scenery done by William F. Shea in 2004. He did three differents versions. Maybe you have seen an other one than mine.
Bernard
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