Curtiss Aircraft

Curtiss Eagle 0 Curtiss Golden Flyer 1909 Curtiss Model D 1911 read more ... 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 ... During 1917 the US Navy Bureau of Construction and Repair collaborated with Glenn Curtiss in ... read more ... Curtiss NC 1917 Curtiss S-3 1917 Essentially a triplane derivative of the S-2 "Wireless" (signifying lack of wing bracing wires) unarmed biplane "scout", ... read more ... A refined version of the S-3 with revised strutting carrying the centre section of the ... read more ... Curtiss S-6 1917 Curtiss H.16 1917 The Curtiss H.16, the prototype of which appeared at the end of 1917, was the ... read more ... During 1917, the US Navy issued the Curtiss company with a contract for five single-seat fighting ... read more ... Curtiss GS 1918 Curtiss CB 1918 The CB (Curtiss Battleplane), unofficially known as the "Liberty Battler", was an experimental two-seat fighter developed and ... read more ... Designed by Capt B L Smith of the US Marine Corps as a two-seat patrol fighter ... read more ... Curtiss HA 1918 Curtiss HA-2 1918 The third HA float fighter prototype embodied considerable redesign as the HA-2. Powered by a ... read more ... Designed by Charles B Kirkham, the Curtiss 18-T twoseat fighter triplane was ordered by the US ... read more ... Curtiss 18-T 1918 Curtiss 18-B 1918 US Army interest in the 18-T prompted Curtiss to offer the same basic design in ... read more ... The first single-seat fighter of indigenous US design to achieve production status, the Model D was ... read more ... Curtiss-Orenco D 1919 Curtiss PN-1 1921 Designed by the US Army Engineering Division as a specialised single-seat night fighter, two prototypes of the ... read more ... With the usual US Army/US Navy rivalry, the US Army decided it must have racing ... read more ... Curtiss R-6 1922 Curtiss PW-8 1924 Progenitor of the famous Hawk series of fighters, the PW-8 (the "PW" prefix indicating "Pursuit Water-cooled") was ... read more ... The first Curtiss fighter built under the US Navy designating system combining type, sequence of design and ... read more ... Curtiss F4C 1924 Curtiss F6C Hawk 1925 In March 1925, the US Navy ordered nine P-1s with provision for float operation as ... read more ... On 7 March 1925, Curtiss was awarded a contract for 15 production examples of the read more ... Curtiss P-1 Hawk 1925 Curtiss O-1 / O-39 1925 The first Curtiss biplane to bear the name Falcon was the Liberty-powered Curtiss L-113 (Model ... read more ... The first radial-engined Hawk resulted from the mating of a P-1A airframe with a 390hp ... read more ... Curtiss P-3 Hawk 1926 Curtiss P-6 Hawk 1927 Installation of the new 600hp Curtiss V-1570-1 Conqueror engine in a P-2 airframe for participation in ... read more ... The first Curtiss fighter designed from the outset for shipboard use as opposed to being an ... read more ... Curtiss F7C-1 Seahawk 1927 Curtiss XB-2 Condor 1927 In development at the same time as the Keystone XB-1, the Curtiss XB-2 was quite similar but ... read more ... To meet a US Marine Corps requirement for a two-seat fighter with bombing and observation capability, ... read more ... Curtiss F8C-1, F8C-3 1928 Curtiss P-5 Superhawk 1928 A USAAC contract placed on 14 May 1927 called for five aircraft with airframes essentially similar ... read more ... On 18 June 1928, the USAAC placed a contract with Curtiss for one prototype of the ... read more ... Curtiss XP-10 1928 Curtiss F8C-4, -5 / O2C-1 Helldiver 1929 Although designated in the F8C series, the XF8C-2 and XF8C-4 differed extensively from the F8C-1 ... read more ... The XP-17 comprised the airframe of the first P-1 mated to the new 480hp Wright ... read more ... Curtiss XP-17 1930 Curtiss YP-20 1930 During 1928, the 600hp Curtiss H-1640 Chieftain 12- cylinder air-cooled radial appeared to show promise as a ... read more ... Designed to meet a lightweight shipboard fighter requirement - other contenders being the Berliner Joyce XFJ-1 and ... read more ... Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk / Model 58 1931 Curtiss A-8 Shrike / Model 59 1931 The quest for speed led to the production of two competing monoplane prototypes to meet ... read more ... In 1931, the third production P-6 (which had been converted to P-6A standard) was withdrawn ... read more ... Curtiss XP-22 1931 Curtiss BT-32 "Condor" 1932 Not to be confused with the Curtiss B-2 or its 18-passenger Condor airliner development, the ... read more ... The XP-31 or Curtiss Shrike of 1932-3 was an all-metal, low wing, strut-braced fighter design ... read more ... Curtiss XP-31 1932 Curtiss XP-23 1932 The Curtiss XP-23 was the last biplane in the pursuit series. In most respects an ... read more ... The first YA-8 was used to test the feasibility of producing a radial engine-powered version ... read more ... Curtiss YA-10 1932 Curtiss Hawk II 1932 The Hawk II was essentially an export version of the XF11C-2 with a Wright R-1820F-3 ... read more ... The fourth production F11C-2 (Goshawk) was completed with manually-operated retractable main undercarriage members accommodated by a ... read more ... Curtiss BF2C-1 (F11C-3) 1933 Curtiss XF12C 1933 Based on a US Navy Bureau of Aeronautics design for a two-seat fighter, the XF12C-1 all-metal ... read more ... Perhaps the most unusual single-seat fighter developed by Curtiss was the Model 70, which was designed from ... read more ... Curtiss XF13C 1933 Curtiss F11C "Goshawk" 1934 On 16 April 1932, the US Navy ordered two prototypes of a new shipboard fighter under ... read more ... The US Army had ordered 46 of the A-8B Shrike, but maintenance problems with ... read more ... Curtiss A-12 1934 Curtiss Model 71 / SOC Seagull 1934 Last of the Curtiss biplanes to be used operationally by the US Navy, the SOC ... read more ... Requiring a new two-seat fighter, the US Navy ordered a prototype from Curtiss in 1932 ... read more ... Curtiss SBC Helldiver 1934 Curtiss P-36 "Mohawk" 1935 The P-36 or Curtiss Model 75 Hawk, commonly called the Mohawk, began life as ... read more ... Soon after receiving an order from the USAAC for an evaluation quantity of its Model ... read more ... Curtiss Hawk 75 1935 Curtiss-Wright CW-19 / CW-23 1935 The CW-19L Coupe was designed by George Page as an advanced all-metal two-seat cantilever low-wing ... read more ... Designed by Donovan R Berlin to participate in a USAAC fighter contest scheduled to take place ... read more ... Curtiss Model 75 1935 Curtiss Hawk III & IV 1935 The export version of the BF2C-1, the Hawk III, differed from the US Navy fighter-bomber ... read more ... The 'long-nosed' P-37 was a Curtiss attempt in the late 1930s to couple the read more ... Curtiss P-37 1937 Curtiss P-40 "Warhawk" 1938 One of the early production Curtiss P-36 aircraft was given an 864.4kW Allison V-1710-19 (G-13) ... read more ... Completed late in 1938 as a company-owned demonstrator, the Hawk 75-R was essentially similar to the USAAC's ... read more ... Curtiss Hawk 75-R 1938 Curtiss-Wright CW-21 1938 In 1938, chief engineer Willis Wells of the St Louis Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation ... read more ... The Curtiss XP-42, a conversion of a P-36A Mohawk airframe, was employed as a testbed ... read more ... Curtiss XP-42 1939 Curtiss Model 82 / SO3C Seamew 1939 In 1937 the US Navy invited proposals for the design of a scout monoplane which ... read more ... The experimental contract for the Helldiver was awarded by the US Navy on 15 May ... read more ... Curtiss SB2C "Helldiver" 1940 Curtiss-Wright CW-20 / C-46 "Commando" 1940 The Commando was evolved from the Curtiss-Wright CW-20 which was originally laid out as a ... read more ... The prototype Curtiss Wright CW-22 two-seat low-wing general-purpose or advanced training monoplace was developed at the ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-22 / SNC Falcon 1940 Curtiss P-40Q 1940 Prior to the final termination of P-40 development, some effort was expended in combining aerodynamic ... read more ... The P-60 designation applies to a family of widely different Curtiss fighters, each reflecting the ... read more ... Curtiss XP-60 1941 Curtiss XP-46 1941 The XP-46 of 1939 was a late attempt by Curtiss to capitalize on lessons from ... read more ... In 1940, with Europe already at war, the US Army Air Corps knew that it ... read more ... Curtiss-Wright CW-25 / AT-9 Jeep 1941 Curtiss-Wright CW-24 / XP-55 Ascender 1943 The Curtiss XP-55 Ascender is perhaps best known of the three pusher fighters built for ... read more ... On 30 June 1941, Curtiss received a prototype development contract for the XF14C-1 single-seat shipboard fighter designed ... read more ... Curtiss XF14C 1943 Curtiss XP-62 1944 The Curtiss XP-62 was the final propeller-driven fighter built by its manufacturer and the second ... read more ... Development of the Curtiss SC Seahawk began in June 1942, when the US Navy requested ... read more ... Curtiss SC Seahawk 1944 Curtiss YP-60E 1944 In May 1944, Curtiss indicated to the AAF that it wished to abandon further work on ... read more ... In late 1943 Curtiss received a US Navy order for two single-seat torpedo-bomber aircraft prototypes ... read more ... Curtiss XBTC / XBT2C 1945 Curtiss XF15C 1945 US Navy interest in the mixed-power concept for shipboard fighters - aircraft employing a piston engine ... read more ... The Curtiss XF-87 Blackhawk fighter was an eye-catching and truly graceful all-black aircraft which attracted ... read more ... Curtiss XF-87 1948