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- 1. Curtiss XF7C-1 NACA June 1929: NASA photo EL-2000-00216 [1] ; The original uploader was Colputt at English Wikipedia .; 15 September 2007 (original upload date)· Public domain
what is it?
The Curtiss F7C Seahawk is a carrier-capable biplane fighter aircraft of the United States Navy Marine Corps in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
How to recognise it: piston engines · 9.4 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Top speed is 1.9× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 9.4 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
- 1927
- retired
- 1933
- status
- retired
- number built
- 17
- role
- fighter
- engines
- Pratt & Whitney R-1340B Wasp
- crew
- 1
- length
- 6.9 m
- wingspan
- 9.4 m
- height
- 3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,256 kg
- top speed
- 250 km/h
- cruise speed
- 241 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 6,736 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3943580, Wikipedia: Curtiss F7C Seahawk (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.