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7 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. U.S. Coast Guard Naval Aircraft Factory N3N-3 Canary, in 1941: U.S. Coast Guard· Public domain
- 2. 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show 142 (Naval Aircraft Factory N3N): Michael Barera· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3. N3N USMC over Parris Island 1942: Palmer, Alfred T., photographer.· Public domain
- 4. N2S and N3N training aircraft taxiing to the flight line at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, circa in 1942 (80-G-K-15421): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
- 5. N3N landing at NAS Jacksonville 1940: USN· Public domain
- 6. N3N N2S at NAS Corpus Christi 1942: U.S. Navy· Public domain
- 7. N3N towing three LNS gliders (from below) 1942: Alfred T. Palmer, U.S. Office of War Information photographer.· Public domain
what is it?
The Naval Aircraft Factory N3N is an American tandem-seat, open cockpit, primary training biplane aircraft built by the Naval Aircraft Factory (NAF) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, during the 1930s and early 1940s.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 10.4 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 91 years ago, in 1935.
- Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
- Wingspan of 10.4 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1935
- introduced
- 1936
- retired
- 1961
- status
- retired
- number built
- 997
- role
- training aircraft
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Naval Aircraft Factory
- engines
- 1× Wright R-760-2 Whirlwind radial
- crew
- 2
- length
- 7.8 m
- wingspan
- 10.4 m
- height
- 3.3 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,266 kg
- top speed
- 203 km/h
- range
- 756 km
- ceiling
- 4,635 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q992841, Wikipedia: Naval Aircraft Factory N3N (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.