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what is it?
The Curtiss T-32 Condor II was a 1930s American biplane airliner and bomber aircraft built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. It was used by the United States Army Air Corps as an executive transport.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 25 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 93 years ago, in 1933.
- Top speed is 2.1× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 25 m: about 6 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
- 1933-01-30
- number built
- 45
- role
- biplane transport and bomber
- makers
- Curtiss-Wright
- engines
- 2× Wright GR-1820-F11 Cyclone / GR-1820-F11 Cyclone
- passengers
- 15
- length
- 14.9 m
- wingspan
- 25 m
- height
- 5.1 m
- max take-off weight
- 7,620 kg
- top speed
- 274 km/h
- cruise speed
- 233 km/h
- range
- 933 km
- ceiling
- 4,724 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q1145789, Wikipedia: Curtiss T-32 Condor II (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.