03.06.2009, 15:07
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Comparing for example Hawk 75A "sales smoothed manual" and the actual test figures reveals some of this "one of a kind" planes. The difference between them is quite remarkable. The actual combat ready plane was not close to these values found in this brochure. I think I have it somewhere on a CD, scanned from original Curtiss manual
All did this "smoothing" of figures, more or less. Still I think in the end the pilot skill was a decisive factor.
Comparing for example Hawk 75A "sales smoothed manual" and the actual test figures reveals some of this "one of a kind" planes. The difference between them is quite remarkable. The actual combat ready plane was not close to these values found in this brochure. I think I have it somewhere on a CD, scanned from original Curtiss manual
All did this "smoothing" of figures, more or less. Still I think in the end the pilot skill was a decisive factor.