what is it?
The Curtiss Model E is an early aircraft developed by Glenn Curtiss in the United States in 1911.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11.3 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 115 years ago, in 1911.
- Wingspan of 11.3 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
- 1911
- number built
- —
- role
- utility aircraft
- makers
- Curtiss
- engines
- 1× Curtiss O
- crew
- 1
- passengers
- 1
- length
- 8.7 m
- wingspan
- 11.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 714 kg
- top speed
- 68 km/h
- cruise speed
- 64 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5195965, Wikipedia: Curtiss Model E (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.