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    The Curtiss D-12, sometimes identified with the military designation Curtiss V-1150, was an aircraft engine of 18.8 liter displacement. It was a water-cooled...
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    Curtiss A-2 (engine) Curtiss OX-5 Curtiss OXX Curtiss C-6 Curtiss D-12 (Curtiss V-1150) Curtiss K-12 Curtiss V-2 Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror Curtiss H-1640...
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  • The 1911 Curtiss Model D (or frequently "Curtiss Pusher") was an early United States pusher aircraft with the engine and propeller behind the pilot's...
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    The Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror was a V12 liquid-cooled aircraft engine. Representing a more powerful version of the Curtiss D-12, the engine entered production...
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    (220 kW) Wright-Hispano, but when the 435 hp (324 kW) liquid-cooled Curtiss D-12 became available the aircraft was redesigned, moving the radiator from...
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    The Curtiss Falcon was a family of military biplane aircraft built by the American aircraft manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company during the...
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    engines replaced with the Curtiss D-12 and were consequently redesignated as P-1s. The fifth machine (25-243) received a Curtiss V-1570 Conqueror engine...
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    Fokker D.XII was a Dutch single seat, single engine fighter aircraft designed to an American specification which called for the use of a Curtiss D-12 engine...
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    competitive racing engines in 1925, so the M.33 was powered with a used 1923 Curtiss D-12 engine rated at 378 kilowatts (507 horsepower) in a streamlined nacelle...
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    The K-12 design led to the development of the very successful Curtiss D-12 (1922) engine used in fighters and racing planes. By 1926 the D-12 design...
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    demonstrate superior performance and handling. On seeing the Curtiss CR, powered by a Curtiss D-12 V-12 liquid-cooled engine of low frontal area and in a low...
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    The Curtiss P-36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, is an American-designed and built fighter aircraft of the 1930s and 40s. A contemporary...
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    The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United...
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    several exceptional engines—including the 1,145 cu in (18,760 cm3) V-12 Curtiss D-12. Aircraft engines increased in power several-fold over the period,...
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  • gas-related machinery. Curtiss-Wright formed on July 5, 1929, the result of a merger of 12 companies associated with Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company...
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    The Curtiss CR was a racing aircraft designed for the United States Navy in 1921 by Curtiss. It was a conventional single-seater biplane with a monocoque...
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    The Curtiss A-12 Shrike was the United States Army Air Corps' second monoplane ground-attack aircraft, and its main attack aircraft through most of the...
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  • United States Curtiss CR-3 A6081 354 kW (475 hp) Curtiss D-12 First 285.46 km/h 177.38 mph 1923 3 United States Curtiss CR-3 A6080 354 kW (475 hp) Curtiss D-12 Second...
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    The Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender (company designation CW-24) is a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft built by Curtiss-Wright. Along with the...
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    it together. In 1923, the Curtiss CR won the 1923 Schneider Trophy. The CR was powered by the recently introduced Curtiss D-12 engine, which replaced the...
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    The Curtiss JN "Jenny" was a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and...
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    Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He...
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    The Curtiss-Wright CW-12 Sport Trainer and CW-16 Light Sport (also marketed under the Travel Air brand that Curtiss-Wright had recently acquired) were...
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    The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN)...
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    The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification...
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    The Curtiss SC Seahawk was a scout seaplane designed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy during World War II. The existing...
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    wide variety of reasons. In 1929, Curtiss began experiments replacing water with ethylene glycol in a Curtiss D-12 engine. Glycol could run up to 250...
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    Hampton Roads, Virginia, the AS.2 was inspired by the American Curtiss D-12 engine. Unlike the D-12 the engine featured separate steel cylinders and cast aluminium...
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    Columbia University "D.C. Stephenson Collection, 1922-1978" Collection Guide, Indiana Historical Society, accessed 2012-10-19. "D. C. Stephenson Trial...
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    any United States military aircraft of the era. Wittman purchased a Curtiss D-12 engine in 1934, and designed "Bonzo" around it. In 1935, it took part...
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