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- 1. Curtiss S-3 (Cropped) from national archive image 165-WW-19C-5: US National Archive· Public domain
what is it?
The Curtiss Model S (also known as Speed Scout or Model 10) was a single-seat fighter aircraft.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 7.6 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).
spec sheet
- first flight
- —
- number built
- —
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- engines
- 1× Curtiss OXX-3
- crew
- 1
- length
- 5.9 m
- wingspan
- 7.6 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 599 kg
- top speed
- 185 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,029 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q5195970, Wikipedia: Curtiss Model S (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.