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The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1909–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer originally founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Moore Herring in Hammondsport, New York. After significant commercial success in its first decades, it merged with the Wright Aeronautical to form Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
The Curtiss R3C is an American racing aircraft built in landplane and floatplane form. It was a single-seat biplane built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company . The R3C-1 [ 1 ] was the landplane version and Cyrus Bettis won the Pulitzer Trophy Race in one on 12 October 1925 with a speed of 248.9 mph (400.6 km/h).
Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 1 pax Length: 24 ft 4.375 in (7.42633 m) Upper wingspan: 45 ft 11.5 in (14.008 m) Lower wingspan: 38 ft 5.875 in (11.73163 m) Wing area: 504.88 sq ft (46.905 m 2) Airfoil: RAF 6 Empty weight: 1,822 lb (826 kg) Gross weight: 3,092 lb (1,403 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss V-X V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 160 hp ...
Prototypes of the Curtiss CT-1, Stout ST-1, Fokker FT-1 and Blackburn Swift F were evaluated at the Anacostia Naval Yard. [3] Curtiss won an initial contract to build nine torpedo bombers on June 30, 1920, but the order was canceled and only one acceptance prototype was built. The aircraft was constructed in Rockaway, New York. [4]
Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Crew: two Length: 26 ft 4 in (8.03 m) Wingspan: 40 ft 2 in (12.24 m) Wing area: 340 sq ft (32 m 2) Empty weight: 1,075 lb (488 kg) Gross weight: 1,635 lb (742 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss OX-2, 90 hp (67 kW) Performance Maximum speed: 70 mph (110 km/h, 61 kn) Endurance: 4 hr Time to altitude: 10 min to 3,000 ft (915 m) See also ...
The Curtiss XBTC was a prototype single-seat, single-engined torpedo/dive bomber developed during World War II for the United States Navy.Four aircraft were ordered, powered by two different engines, but the two aircraft to be fitted with the Wright R-3350 radial engine were cancelled in late 1942, leaving only the pair using the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 radial.
The Curtiss Model 57 Teal was an American monoplane amphibian designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Two versions were built, a three-seater and four-seater but only one of each was built. [1] The Teal was a monoplane amphibian with the pusher engine pod-mounted above the wing center section.
Designed by the British test pilot Frank Courtney, the CA-1 was a five-seat amphibian. [1] The CA-1 was powered by a 365 hp (272 kW) Wright 975E-1 radial, cowled and fitted into the leading edge of the top wing driving - through an extension shaft - a pusher propeller. [1]