4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Curtiss Museum Oriole: Ruhrfisch ( talk )· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2. 1920s Curtiss Oriole: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 3. AL61A-531 Curtiss Oriole: SDASM Archives· No restrictions
- 4. Casey Jones and his clip wing Curtiss Oriole Aero Digest October 1926: Aero Digest Magazine· Attribution
what is it?
The Curtiss Oriole (Curtiss Model 17) was an American three-seat general-purpose biplane.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 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 107 years ago, in 1919.
- Wingspan of 11 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
- 1919
- number built
- —
- role
- light aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Curtiss
- engines
- 1× Curtiss OX-5
- length
- 7.6 m
- wingspan
- 11 m
- height
- 3.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 924 kg
- top speed
- 138 km/h
- cruise speed
- 111 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 2,438 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q16931486, Wikipedia: Curtiss Oriole (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.