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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 U.S. Coast Guard acquired the final three SOC-3 Seagulls produced by Curtiss in 1938 and these were designated as SOC-4s. They were assigned the USCG call numbers V171, V172, and V173. [13] SO2C One built for evaluation based on the SOC-3, but with a 5-foot fuselage stretch and powered by a R-1340-35. SON-1 SOC-3 aircraft produced by the ...
Curtiss' Model 43 was their first aircraft designed expressly for the Navy, rather than a modified Army type. While clearly a descendant of the P-1 Hawk, its wings were constant-chord rather than tapered, and the upper wing had a slight sweepback. The engine was a 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-B Wasp radial.
Old Rhinebeck Aerodrome's Curtiss JN-4H Page; Vintage Aircraft Collection: Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, Hammondsport, New York Archived 2013-06-03 at the Wayback Machine; Account of the 1st Aero Squadron in the pursuit of Pancho Villa; 1908-1921 USAAS Serial Numbers "Resurrection of a Jenny" by Chet Peek - Book covering the history of the Curtiss Jenny
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).
The Curtiss R2C was a racing aircraft designed for the United States Navy in 1923 by Curtiss. It was a single-seater biplane with a monocoque fuselage and staggered single-bay wings of unequal span braced with I-struts. The aircraft's advanced streamlining featured a top wing mounted directly to the top of the fuselage and surface-mounted ...
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.
Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 2 pax Length: 26 ft 8 in (8.13 m) Wingspan: 43 ft 10 in (13.36 m) Height: 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) Wing area: 333 sq ft (30.9 m 2) Airfoil: Curtiss C-72 Empty weight: 1,959 lb (889 kg) Gross weight: 2,841 lb (1,289 kg) Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss R-600 Challenger 6-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 185 hp (138 kW ...