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what is it?
The Curtiss A-18 Model 76A Shrike II was a 1930s United States twin-engine ground-attack aircraft. It was the production test version of Curtiss' A-14 Shrike.
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 3.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935-07-17
- introduced
- 1937
- retired
- 1942
- status
- retired
- number built
- 13
- role
- ground-attack aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Curtiss-Wright
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1820-47 Cyclone
- crew
- 2
- length
- 12.5 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 5,828 kg
- top speed
- 397 km/h
- cruise speed
- 349 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,620 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3007835, Wikipedia: Curtiss A-18 Shrike (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.