Talk:Curtiss SBC Helldiver

Untitled
Considering that the Ju87 predates the SBC, it's unlikely that the Helldiver influenced the design of the Stuka. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.221.223.65 (talk) 20:12, 3 December 2007 (UTC)
 * You have your Helldivers mixed up. FWIW Bzuk 20:36, 3 December 2007 (UTC).
 * How so? The Ju 87 first flew in May 1935, seven months before the maiden flight of the SBC. Therefore it seems unlikely that the latter was a design influence on the former, though it's possible that it may have influenced later iterations of the Stuka. Are there any citations that might support such an assertion? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.231.247.231 (talk) 14:17, 4 December 2007 (UTC)
 * If a Helldiver influenced the Stuka, it was probably the O2C not the SBC. Germany did order two Curtiss Hawk IIs for dive bombing trials.Nigel Ish 22:03, 3 December 2007 (UTC)

Some Cinematic History...
I would like to know, if it was this aircraft that was seen the 1933 King Kong... I remember seeing the crew of one of these aircraft in the movie and it was a close up... There was a pilot and a gunner... Anybody got anything to add? Michael 19:13, 13 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Sorry, the models used were cobbled up using a Vought Corsair as the real-life example that was modeled. FWiW Bzuk (talk) 21:23, 13 November 2010 (UTC).

Assessment comment
Substituted at 12:34, 29 April 2016 (UTC)