Those airplanes were the ones flown by the AVG. The archetypal shark mouth, as we know it today, first appeared on the noses of the Tomahawks of Royal Air Force No. 112 Squadron, fighting in North ...

A similar design can also be found on the GL8 and Lacrosse in China. In place of the grille is a new shark nose front end and a more traditional lower intake. The chrome ‘fangs’ have also been ...