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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).
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The shift of civilian aircraft to jets left the company with little of its old business, and during the 1960s it shifted to components for aircraft and other types of equipment, such as nuclear submarines, a business that continues today. In 2002, Curtiss-Wright acquired Penny & Giles, a supplier of black boxes and sensing devices (Hybrid ...
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 ...
A number of changes were made for installing the 700 hp (520 kW) Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror engine. The radiator was relocated, a new cowl was fitted, and the tail was given more fin and less rudder area, and featured a steerable tailwheel, rather than the original skid. For these changes, Curtiss charged only US$1. [1]
The Autoplane was a triplane, using the wings from a Curtiss Model L trainer, with a small foreplane mounted on the aircraft's nose. [3] The Autoplane's aluminum body resembled a Model T and had three seats in an enclosed cabin, with the pilot/chauffeur sitting in the front seat and the two passengers side-by side to the rear. [4]
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]