Curtiss Aircraft

Curtiss Eagle At the urging of the Aeronautical Society of New York to represent it in the ... read more ... Curtiss Reims Racer 1909 Curtiss No.1 Gold Bug / Golden Flyer 1909 read more ... In 1909, Glenn Curtiss decided to try for the $10,000 prize posted by the New York ... read more ... Curtiss Hudson Flyer 1910 Curtiss Model D 1911 The Model D was typical of the relatively obsolescent landplane types being built at the ... read more ... Curtiss Model E 1911 Curtiss A-1 Triad 1911 The first Curtiss flying-boat, tried at San Diego on 10 January, 1912, was more a hydro ... read more ... Curtiss Flying Boat Nr.1 1912 Curtiss Flying Boat Nr.2 Flying Fish 1912 The definitive 1913 Model F was used by the US Army as well as the ... read more ... Curtiss Model F 1913 Curtiss JN-4 1915 The Curtiss JN-4 two-seat biplane soon acquired the nickname 'Jenny' which was used widely during ... read more ... At the beginning of 1915 there appeared the prototype Curtiss Model R, which was in ... read more ... Curtiss Model 2 / R-2 / R-3 1915 Curtiss Model L 1916 Four examples of the Model L-2 triplane were built, three for the US Navy and ... read more ... Curtiss N-9 1916 Curtiss NC 1917 During 1917 the US Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair collaborated with Glenn Curtiss in ... read more ... Essentially a triplane derivative of the S-2 "Wireless" (signifying lack of wing bracing wires) unarmed biplane "scout", ... read more ... Curtiss S-3 1917 Curtiss S-6 1917 A refined version of the S-3 with revised strutting carrying the centre section of the ... read more ... The Curtiss H.16, the prototype of which appeared at the end of 1917, was the ... read more ... Curtiss H.16 1917 Curtiss GS 1918 During 1917, the US Navy issued the Curtiss company with a contract for five single-seat fighting ... read more ... The CB (Curtiss Battleplane), unofficially known as the "Liberty Battler", was an experimental two-seat fighter developed and ... read more ... Curtiss CB 1918 Curtiss HA 1918 Designed by Capt B L Smith of the US Marine Corps as a two-seat patrol fighter ... read more ... The third HA float fighter prototype embodied considerable redesign as the HA-2. Powered by a ... read more ... Curtiss HA-2 1918 Curtiss 18-T 1918 Designed by Charles B Kirkham, the Curtiss 18-T twoseat fighter triplane was ordered by the US ... read more ... US Army interest in the 18-T prompted Curtiss to offer the same basic design in ... read more ... Curtiss 18-B 1918 Curtiss-Orenco D 1919 The first single-seat fighter of indigenous US design to achieve production status, the Model D was ... read more ... Designed by the US Army Engineering Division as a specialised single-seat night fighter, two prototypes of the ... read more ... Curtiss PN-1 1921 Curtiss R-6 1922 With the usual US Army/US Navy rivalry, the US Army decided it must have racing ... read more ... Progenitor of the famous Hawk series of fighters, the PW-8 (the "PW" prefix indicating "Pursuit Water-cooled") was ... read more ... Curtiss PW-8 1924 Curtiss F4C 1924 The first Curtiss fighter built under the US Navy designating system combining type, sequence of design and ... read more ... In March 1925, the US Navy ordered nine P-1s with provision for float operation as ... read more ... Curtiss F6C Hawk 1925 Curtiss P-1 Hawk 1925 On 7 March 1925, Curtiss was awarded a contract for 15 production examples of the read more ... The first Curtiss biplane to bear the name Falcon was the Liberty-powered Curtiss L-113 (Model ... read more ... Curtiss O-1 / O-39 1925 Curtiss P-3 Hawk 1926 The first radial-engined Hawk resulted from the mating of a P-1A airframe with a 390hp ... read more ... Installation of the new 600hp Curtiss V-1570-1 Conqueror engine in a P-2 airframe for participation in ... read more ... Curtiss P-6 Hawk 1927 Curtiss F7C-1 Seahawk 1927 The first Curtiss fighter designed from the outset for shipboard use as opposed to being an ... read more ... In development at the same time as the Keystone XB-1, the Curtiss XB-2 was quite similar but ... read more ... Curtiss XB-2 Condor 1927 Curtiss F8C-1, F8C-3 1928 To meet a US Marine Corps requirement for a two-seat fighter with bombing and observation capability, ... read more ... A USAAC contract placed on 14 May 1927 called for five aircraft with airframes essentially similar ... read more ... Curtiss P-5 Superhawk 1928 Curtiss XP-10 1928 On 18 June 1928, the USAAC placed a contract with Curtiss for one prototype of the ... read more ... Although designated in the F8C series, the XF8C-2 and XF8C-4 differed extensively from the F8C-1 ... read more ... Curtiss F8C-4, -5 / O2C-1 Helldiver 1929 Curtiss XP-17 1930 The XP-17 comprised the airframe of the first P-1 mated to the new 480hp Wright ... read more ... During 1928, the 600hp Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain 12- cylinder air-cooled radial appeared to show promise as a ... read more ... Curtiss YP-20 1930 Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk / Model 58 1931 Designed to meet a lightweight shipboard fighter requirement - other contenders being the Berliner Joyce XFJ-1 and ... read more ... The quest for speed led to the production of two competing monoplane prototypes to meet ... read more ... Curtiss A-8 Shrike / Model 59 1931 Curtiss XP-22 1931 In 1931, the third production P-6 (which had been converted to P-6A standard) was withdrawn ... read more ... Not to be confused with the Curtiss B-2 or its 18-passenger Condor airliner development, the ... read more ... Curtiss BT-32 "Condor" 1932 Curtiss XP-31 1932 The XP-31 or Curtiss Shrike of 1932-3 was an all-metal, low wing, strut-braced fighter design ... read more ... The Curtiss XP-23 was the last biplane in the pursuit series. In most respects an ... read more ... Curtiss XP-23 1932 Curtiss YA-10 1932 The first YA-8 was used to test the feasibility of producing a radial engine-powered version ... read more ... The Hawk II was essentially an export version of the XF11C-2 with a Wright R-1820F-3 ... read more ... Curtiss Hawk II 1932 Curtiss BF2C-1 (F11C-3) 1933 The fourth production F11C-2 (Goshawk) was completed with manually-operated retractable main undercarriage members accommodated by a ... read more ... Based on a US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics design for a two-seat fighter, the XF12C-1 all-metal ... read more ... Curtiss XF12C 1933 Curtiss XF13C 1933 Perhaps the most unusual single-seat fighter developed by Curtiss was the Model 70, which was designed from ... read more ... On 16 April 1932, the US Navy ordered two prototypes of a new shipboard fighter under ... read more ... Curtiss F11C "Goshawk" 1934 Curtiss A-12 1934 The US Army had ordered 46 of the A-8B Shrike, but maintenance problems with ... read more ... Last of the Curtiss biplanes to be used operationally by the US Navy, the SOC ... read more ... Curtiss Model 71 / SOC Seagull 1934 Curtiss SBC Helldiver 1934 Requiring a new two-seat fighter, the US Navy ordered a prototype from Curtiss in 1932 ... read more ... The P-36 or Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, commonly called the Mohawk, began life as ... read more ... Curtiss P-36 Mohawk 1935 Curtiss Hawk 75 1935 Soon after receiving an order from the USAAC for an evaluation quantity of its Model ... read more ... The CW-19L Coupe was designed by George Page as an advanced all-metal two-seat cantilever low-wing ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-19 / CW-23 1935 Curtiss Model 75 1935 Designed by Donovan R Berlin to participate in a USAAC fighter contest scheduled to take place ... read more ... The export version of the BF2C-1, the Hawk III, differed from the US Navy fighter-bomber ... read more ... Curtiss Hawk III & IV 1935 Curtiss P-37 1937 The 'long-nosed' P-37 was a Curtiss attempt in the late 1930s to couple the read more ... One of the early production Curtiss P-36 aircraft was given an 864.4kW Allison V-1710-19 (G-13) ... read more ... Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 1938 Curtiss Hawk 75-R 1938 Completed late in 1938 as a company-owned demonstrator, the Hawk 75-R was essentially similar to the USAAC's ... read more ... In 1938, chief engineer Willis Wells of the St Louis Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-21 1938 Curtiss XP-42 1939 The Curtiss XP-42, a conversion of a P-36A Mohawk airframe, was employed as a testbed ... read more ... In 1937 the US Navy invited proposals for the design of a scout monoplane which ... read more ... Curtiss Model 82 / SO3C Seamew 1939 Curtiss SB2C Helldiver 1940 The experimental contract for the Helldiver was awarded by the US Navy on 15 May ... read more ... The Commando was evolved from the Curtiss-Wright CW-20 which was originally laid out as a ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-20 / C-46 Commando 1940 Curtiss-Wright CW-22 / SNC Falcon 1940 The prototype Curtiss Wright CW-22 two-seat low-wing general-purpose or advanced training monoplace was developed at the ... read more ... Prior to the final termination of P-40 development, some effort was expended in combining aerodynamic ... read more ... Curtiss P-40Q 1940 Curtiss XP-60 1941 The P-60 designation applies to a family of widely different Curtiss fighters, each reflecting the ... read more ... The XP-46 of 1939 was a late attempt by Curtiss to capitalize on lessons from ... read more ... Curtiss XP-46 1941 Curtiss-Wright CW-25 / AT-9 Jeep 1941 In 1940, with Europe already at war, the US Army Air Corps knew that it ... read more ... The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender is perhaps best known of the three pusher fighters built for ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-24 / XP-55 Ascender 1943 Curtiss XF14C 1943 On 30 June 1941, Curtiss received a prototype development contract for the XF14C-1 single-seat shipboard fighter designed ... read more ... The Curtiss XP-62 was the final propeller-driven fighter built by its manufacturer and the second ... read more ... Curtiss XP-62 1944 Curtiss SC Seahawk 1944 Development of the Curtiss SC Seahawk began in June 1942, when the US Navy requested ... read more ... In May 1944, Curtiss indicated to the AAF that it wished to abandon further work on ... read more ... Curtiss YP-60E 1944 Curtiss XBTC / XBT2C 1945 In late 1943 Curtiss received a US Navy order for two single-seat torpedo-bomber aircraft prototypes ... read more ... US Navy interest in the mixed-power concept for shipboard fighters - aircraft employing a piston engine ... read more ... Curtiss XF15C 1945 Curtiss XF-87 1948 The Curtiss XF-87 Blackhawk fighter was an eye-catching and truly graceful all-black aircraft which attracted ... read more ...