what is it?
The Douglas T2D was an American twin-engined torpedo bomber contracted by the military, and required to be usable on wheels or floats, and operating from aircraft carriers. It was the first twin-engined aircraft to be operated from an aircraft carrier.
How to recognise it: 2 piston engines with propellers · 17.4 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 99 years ago, in 1927.
- Top speed is 1.5× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 17.4 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
- 1927
- introduced
- 1927
- retired
- 1937
- status
- retired
- number built
- 31
- role
- torpedo bomber
- makers
- Douglas
- engines
- 2× Wright R-1750 Cyclone
- crew
- 4
- length
- 12.8 m
- wingspan
- 17.4 m
- height
- 4.9 m
- max take-off weight
- 4,773 kg
- top speed
- 201 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 4,215 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q3038042, Wikipedia: Douglas T2D (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.