5 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SNC-1 in flight off Puerto Rico 1943: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 2. Curtiss SNC-1 Falcon at Naval Aviation Museum: Greg Goebel· Public domain
- 3. Curtiss SNC-1 NACA April 1942: NACA· Public domain
- 4. Curtiss SNC refueling NAS Corpus Christi 1942: Howard R. Hollem· Public domain
- 5. Curtiss SNC-1 BuNo 6291: United States Navy· Public domain
what is it?
The Curtiss-Wright CW-22 is a 1940s American general-purpose advanced training monoplane aircraft built by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. It was operated by the United States Navy as a scout trainer with the designation SNC-1 Falcon.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 10.7 m wingspan
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 86 years ago, in 1940.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.7 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1940
- introduced
- 1942
- number built
- 441
- role
- scout and advanced trainer
- makers
- Curtiss-Wright
- engines
- 1× Wright R-975-28 Whirlwind
- crew
- 2
- length
- 8.2 m
- wingspan
- 10.7 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,718 kg
- top speed
- 319 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,645 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q39925, Wikipedia: Curtiss-Wright CW-22 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.