Website Theme Change

On October 9, 2025 I changed this site's theme to what I feel is a much better design than previous themes. Some pages will not be affected by this design change, but other pages that I changed and new pages I added in the last several days need to have some of their photos re-sized so they will display properly with the new theme design. Thank you for your patience while I make these changes over the next several days. -- Ray Merriam
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Curtiss YP-37

Curtiss XP-37.

The Curtiss P-37 was an American fighter aircraft made by Curtiss-Wright in 1937 for the US Army Air Corps. A development of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk to use an inline engine instead of the radial engine of the P-36 the fuselage was lengthened and the cockpit moved back. A small number of YP-37 aircraft was built for Air Corps evaluation. The expected top speed was not achieved and the project terminated in favor of the Curtiss P-40. 

 

Curtiss XP-37.

Curtiss YP-37 in flight.

Curtiss YP-37. Service test version of XP-37, 13 built.

Curtiss XP-37 (37-375).

A hastily-camouflaged pre-production Curtiss YP-37.

 Curtiss XP-37.

 Curtiss YP-37 (38-472).