The Curtiss NC (Curtiss Navy Curtiss, nicknamed "Nancy boat" or "Nancy") is a flying boat built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and used by the...
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The NC-4 is a Curtiss NC flying boat that was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, albeit not non-stop. The NC designation was derived...
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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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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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designator NC) Curtiss NC, an American flying boat nicknamed the "Nancy boat" NC-4, the first aircraft to cross the atlantic (with multiple stops) NC, an international...
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naval aviation pioneer that designed the Curtiss NC-4, the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. Curtiss was laid down on 25 March 1938, by the...
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Woolston to Le Havre in France, but it was short-lived.[citation needed] A Curtiss NC-4 became the first airplane to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919,...
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his affiliation with Curtiss using Curtiss Model F flying boats for instruction and eventually co-piloting one of the Curtiss NC flying boats for the...
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Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat. Read was born in Lyme, New Hampshire on March 29, 1887...
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The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and...
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Woolston to Le Havre in France, but it was short-lived.[citation needed] A Curtiss NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919,...
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Samaritan Curtiss A-1 Triad Curtiss BFC Goshawk Curtiss F6C Hawk Curtiss F7C Seahawk Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Curtiss Model F Curtiss NC-4 Curtiss N2C Fledgling...
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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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Wolf F: Grumman TSF B: Boeing NB N2B C: Curtiss NC – skipped to avoid confusion with the pre-1922 Curtiss NC N2C Fledgling E: Piper NE Grasshopper H:...
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Daimler. V12 engines powered the first transatlantic crossings by the Curtiss NC flying boats (using four Liberty L-12 engines), the first non-stop transatlantic...
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primarily responsible for the design and construction of the Navy-Curtiss airplane (NC-4) that accomplished the first transatlantic flight (May 1919), and...
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patrol and training duties, including escorting a transatlantic voyage of Curtiss NC seaplanes. In 1940, she was recommissioned and operated out of Pearl Harbor...
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transatlantic flight by aircraft emerged. Between 8 and 31 May 1919, the Curtiss seaplane NC-4 made a crossing of the Atlantic flying from the U.S. to Newfoundland...
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flying expedition began on 8 May 1919 when three Curtiss NC Flying Boats, designated NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4, left Naval Air Station Rockaway, New York, The...
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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 JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and...
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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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several years. In 1919, she escorted a major transatlantic flight of Curtiss NC seaplane. Later that year, she was selected to be converted into a seaplane...
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DH.9A Airco DH.10 Amiens Breguet 14 B2 L Caproni Ca.60 Curtiss H-16 Curtiss HS Curtiss NC Curtiss Carrier Pigeon Douglas C-1 Douglas DT Douglas O-2 Felixstowe...
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colours of No. 56 (Fighter) Squadron, while XV486 was scrapped in 1993. Curtiss NC-4 – First transatlantic flight via Azores to Portugal Daily Mail Trans-Atlantic...
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Phase II Curtiss 1A "Gulfhawk" Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk Curtiss JN-4D Jenny Curtiss KD2C-2 Skeet Curtiss Model E Flying Boat Curtiss N-9H Curtiss P-40E...
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Atlantic to recreate the 1919 transatlantic flight of the United States Navy Curtiss NC-4 flying boat before returning to Italy. February 16 – After stops at...
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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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the radio officer on the first successful transatlantic flight by the Curtiss NC-4 in May 1919 and later helped set additional world records for flight...
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The Curtiss F11C Goshawk is an American naval biplane fighter aircraft that saw limited success. It was part of a long line of Curtiss Hawk airplanes built...
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