The P-40 was structurally very strong, with a five-spar wing design that allowed the aircraft to pull high-G maneuvers, survive mid-air collisions, and even record some ramming attack victories.

Eric Preuss works on the nose of a World War II era Curtis P-40 Warhawk fighter plane being restored by the Flyboys Aeroworks at Gillespie Field in El Cajon. / UT San Diego.

This is the story of the Curtiss P-60, a Warhawk's airframe given a liberal dose of upgrades and modifications to try and extend its service life indefinitely.

Curtis P-40: An Aircraft With Many Names. Known by many names, including Hawk, Kittyhawk, Tomahawk and Warhawk, by the end of the Second World War, some thirty-one variants of the P-40 were ...

Introducing the P-40 Warhawk. Over 13,000 P-40s were built—all in Buffalo, New York, at the Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s main production facility.