Curtiss F6C Hawk

what is it?

The Curtiss F6C Hawk is a late 1920s American naval biplane fighter aircraft. It was part of the long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the American military. Originally designed for land-based use, the Model 34C was virtually identical to the P-1 Hawk in United States Army Air Corps service.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.4 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 249 km/htop speed
• size 1,438 kgmax take-off weight
• built 75made in total

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 104 years ago, in 1922.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 11.4 m: about 3 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

1922

introduced

1925

number built

75

role

carrier-borne or land-based fighter

makers

Curtiss

engines

1× Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp / D-12

crew

1

length

6.9 m

wingspan

11.4 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

1,438 kg

top speed

249 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,980 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.