Curtiss P-6 Hawk

what is it?

The Curtiss P-6 Hawk is an American single-engine biplane fighter introduced into service in the late 1920s with the United States Army Air Corps and operated until the late 1930s prior to the outbreak of World War II.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.6 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 311 km/htop speed
• size 1,559 kgmax take-off weight
• built 70made in total

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 2.4× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.6 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

introduced

1927

number built

70

role

fighter

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Curtiss

engines

1× Curtiss V-1750C Conqueror / V-1570

crew

1

length

6.9 m

wingspan

9.6 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,559 kg

top speed

311 km/h

cruise speed

265 km/h

range

—

ceiling

7,285 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.