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Curtiss F11C Goshawk
🇺🇸 United States ·first flew 1932· carrier-based fighter and fighter-bomber
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. F11C Goshawk: U.S. Navy photographer· Public domain
what is it?
The Curtiss F11C Goshawk is a 1930s American biplane fighter aircraft. It was part of a long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military and for export.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.6 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 94 years ago, in 1932.
- Top speed is 2.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.6 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
- 1932-09
- introduced
- 1932
- status
- retired
- number built
- 30
- role
- carrier-based fighter and fighter-bomber
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Curtiss-Wright, Curtiss
- engines
- 1× Wright R-1820-78 Cyclone
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.9 m
- wingspan
- 9.6 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,874 kg
- top speed
- 325 km/h
- cruise speed
- 241 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 7,650 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q717394, Wikipedia: Curtiss F11C Goshawk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.