Hawk 1A, (Model 35), NR982V
Information from Peter Bowers book Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947....
Hawk 1A-The most famous individual Hawk was the 1A flown by Alford J. Williams for the Gulf Oil Company from 1930 to 1936 as the Gulfhawk. It was a special demonstrator built in April 1929 for long-distance flights. It used the Conqueror engine and had extra fuel tanks fitted into the sides of the fuselage as on the Helldivers. Original registration was NR636E, c/n 1. After a crash, it was rebuilt as a Hawk 1A with a 575 hp Wright Cyclone engine and sold to Williams in August 1930 under registration NR982V. In August 1931 Williams installed a 575 hp Bliss Jupiter engine, which was the American-built version of the British Bristol Jupiter. Following another crash, 982V was again rebuilt with a 710 hp R-1820F-3 Cyclone. The side tanks were removed and the fuselage was metal-skinned. The engine was transferred to Williams's new Grumman Gulfhawk II in 1936 and 982V was placed in an aeronautical trade school. It was retrieved in 1958 by movie pilot Frank Tallman, who installed a 600 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp engine. This last flying example of the long Hawk line is presently owned by the US Marine Corps Museum at Quantico, Virginia.
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