Warhawk on takeoff

CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK, OSHKOSH, WISCONSIN, JULY 31, 2009

Pentax K20D
SMC Pentax-F 300mm f4.5 ED (IF)
1/750 sec. f11
ISO 400

There are only a handful of flying P-40s left in the world today, and three of the early World War II fighters were at the Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in at Oshkosh last week. This one was captured shortly after takeoff, its landing gear still folding into the wings. Its markings are Chinese, representing the volunteer American pilots called the "Flying Tigers" that flew against the Japanese early in the war.