what is it?
The Curtiss Model N is a military trainer used primarily by the United States Navy during World War I.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 16.3 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 111 years ago, in 1915.
- Wingspan of 16.3 m: about 4 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
- 1915
- number built
- 560
- role
- trainer
- makers
- Curtiss
- engines
- 1× Wright-Hisso A
- crew
- 2
- length
- 9.4 m
- wingspan
- 16.3 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,247 kg
- top speed
- 126 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 2,012 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3007843, Wikipedia: Curtiss Model N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.