CURTISS AEROPLANE AND MOTOR COMPANY

USA

Created January 1916 from former (though separate) Curtiss Aeroplane Company (Hammondsport, NY) and Curtiss Motor Company, opening new aircraft factory at Buffalo, NY. A third factory (Garden City, Long Island, NY) became boat hull department for flying-boat production. Burgess Company of Marblehead, Massachusetts, became a subsidiary in February 1916. Aircraft built during First World War included A and AH biplanes for USN, Models D and E for U.S. Army, Model F flying-boats for USN, H-4 Small Americas, H-12 Large Americas and H-16 Large Americas (plus 150 by Naval Aircraft Factory).

Best-known were JN-4/JN-6 "Jenny" trainers (5,000 built, plus 1,200 by Canadian Curtiss), HS
Curtiss JN-4
JN-4
flying-boats, MF flying-boats, N-9 floatplanes, British S.E.5a fighters, Orenco D fighters, and 5L flying-boats. Total wartime was 4,014 aircraft and 750 aero engines.

Postwar production, mostly in 1920s, included NC- 1/2/3/4 transatlantic flying-boats (four only); Oriole, Eagle, and Seagull civil types (little success achieved with the few built). Followed by a series of Army (R-6/R-8 etc.) and Navy (CR/R2C/R3C etc.) racers. Twelve B-2 Condor biplane bombers were followed by PW-8 biplane fighters, P-1/P- 6 U.S. Army Hawks, F6C U.S. Navy Hawks, and O-1/11/39 and A-3 Falcons for U.S. Army. The few Carrier Pigeons and Larks were followed by one Tanager biplane, which won 1929 Guggenheim Safe Airplane Competition. Subsequently produced N2C Fledgling, F8C/OC Falcon, and F8C/02C Helldivers for USN. Foundation of Curtiss-Robertson division in 1928 was followed by a merger with Wright Aeronautical Corporation on August 9,1929 to create Curtiss-Wright Corporation.


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Reims Racer
Hudson Flyer
Hydro
Model D
Model E
Tractor Hydro
Triad
Flying Boat Nr.1
Flying Boat Nr.2 "Flying Fish"
Model F
JN-4
Model 2 / R-2 / R-3
S-2
Model L
NC
S-3
S-6
GS
CB
HA
HA-2
18-T
18-B
D
PN-1
R-6
PW-8
F4C
F6C Hawk
P-1 Hawk
O-1 / O-39
P-3 Hawk
P-6 Hawk
F7C-1
F8C
P-5 Superhawk
XP-10
F8C-4, -5 / O2C-1 Helldiver
XP-17
YP-20
F9C Sparrowhawk / Model 58
A-8 Shrike / Model 59
XP-22
BT-32 "Condor"
XP-31
XP-23
YA-10
Hawk II
BF2C-1 (F11C-3)
XF12C
XF13C
F11C "Goshawk"
A-12
Model 71 / SOC Seagull
SBC Helldiver
P-36 "Mohawk"
Hawk 75
-Wright CW-19 / CW-23
Model 75
Hawk III & IV
P-37
P-40 "Warhawk"
Hawk 75-R
CW-21
XP-42
SO3C Seamew
SB2C "Helldiver"
C-46 "Commando"
-Wright CW-22 / SNC Falcon
P-40Q
XP-60
XP-46
-Wright CW-25 / AT-9 Jeep
XP-55 Ascender
XF14C-2
XP-62
SC Seahawk
YP-60E
XBTC / XBT2C
XF15C-1
XF-87