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American 1914 long range flying boat

Model H family Curtiss H-12 Large America in RNAS service. General information Type Experimental flying boat Manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Primary users United States Navy Royal Naval Air Service Number built 478 History First flight 23 June 1914 (America) Developed from Curtiss Model F[1] Variants Felixstowe F.1 Felixstowe F.2

The **Curtiss Model H** was a family of classes of early long-range [flying boats](/source/Flying_boat), the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the [United States](/source/United_States) in response to the [£10,000 prize challenge](/source/Daily_Mail_aviation_prizes) issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the *[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail)*, for the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. As the first aircraft having transatlantic range and cargo-carrying capacity, it became the grandfather development leading to early international commercial air travel, and by extension, to the modern world of commercial aviation. The last widely produced class, the Model H-12, was retrospectively designated **Model 6** by Curtiss' company in the 1930s, and various classes have variants with suffixed letters indicating differences.

## Design and development

Having transatlantic range and cargo carrying capacity by design, the first H-2 class (soon dubbed *"The Americans"* by the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)) was quickly drafted into wartime use as a patrol and rescue aircraft by the RNAS, the air arm of the British Royal Navy. The original two "contest" aircraft were in fact temporarily seized by the Royal Navy, which later paid for them and placed an initial follow-on order for an additional 12 – all 14 of which were militarized (e.g. by adding gun mounts) and designated the "H-4" (the two originals were thereafter the "H-2" Models to air historians). These changes were produced under contract from Curtiss' factory in the last order of 50 "H-4s", giving a class total of 64, before the evolution of a succession of larger, more adaptable, and more robust H-class models. This article covers the whole line of nearly 500 Curtiss Model H [seaplane](/source/Seaplane) [flying boat](/source/Flying_boat) aircraft known to have been produced, since successive models – by whatever sub-model designation – were physically similar, handled similarly, essentially just being increased in size and fitted with larger and improved engines – the advances in [internal combustion engine](/source/Internal_combustion_engine) technology in the 1910s being as rapid and explosive as any technological advance has ever been.

Porte and Curtiss as they appeared in *[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)* 10 March 1914, standing next to a [Model F](/source/Curtiss_Model_F).[1]

When London's *[Daily Mail](/source/Daily_Mail)* newspaper put up a [£10,000 prize](/source/Daily_Mail_aviation_prizes) for the [first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic](/source/Alcock_and_Brown) in 1913, American businessman [Rodman Wanamaker](/source/Rodman_Wanamaker) became determined that the prize should go to an American aircraft and commissioned the [Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company](/source/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company) to design and build an aircraft capable of making the flight. The *Mail*'s offer of a large monetary prize for "an aircraft with transoceanic range" (in an era with virtually no airports) galvanized air enthusiasts worldwide, and in America, prompted a collaboration between the American and British air pioneers: [Glenn Curtiss](/source/Glenn_Curtiss) and [John Cyril Porte](/source/John_Cyril_Porte), spurred financially by the nationalistically motivated financing of air enthusiast [Rodman Wanamaker](/source/Rodman_Wanamaker). The class, while commissioned by Wanamaker, was designed under Porte's supervision following his study and rearrangement of the flight plan and built in the Curtiss workshops.[2] The outcome was a scaled-up version of Curtiss' work for the United States Navy and his [Curtiss Model F](/source/Curtiss_Model_F).[1] With Porte also as [Chief Test Pilot](/source/Test_pilot), development and testing of two prototypes proceeded rapidly, despite the inevitable surprises and teething troubles inherent in new engines, hull and fuselage.

The *Wanamaker Flier* was a conventional [biplane](/source/Biplane) design with two-bay, unstaggered wings of unequal span with two tractor [engines](/source/Inline_engine_(aviation)) mounted side by side above the [fuselage](/source/Fuselage) in the interplane gap. Wingtip pontoons were attached directly below the lower wings near their tips. The aircraft resembled Curtiss' earlier flying boat designs, but was considerably larger in order to carry enough fuel to cover 1,100 mi (1,770 km). The three crew members were accommodated in a fully enclosed cabin.

*Porte & Hallett on "America"*, following the launch on [Keuka Lake](/source/Keuka_Lake) at [Hammondsport](/source/Hammondsport%2C_New_York), June 1914, showing the [Curtiss OX-5](/source/Curtiss_OX-5) engines.

[Named](/source/Ceremonial_ship_launching) *America*[2] and launched 22 June 1914, trials began the following day and soon revealed a serious shortcoming in the design: the tendency for the nose of the aircraft to try to submerge as engine power increased while [taxiing](/source/Taxiing) on water. This phenomenon had not been encountered before, since Curtiss' earlier designs had not used such powerful engines. In order to counteract this effect, Curtiss fitted [fins](/source/Hydrofoils) to the sides of the bow to add hydrodynamic lift, but soon replaced these with [sponsons](/source/Sponson) to add more buoyancy. Both prototypes, once fitted with sponsons, were then called **Model H-2**s incrementally updated alternating in succession. These sponsons would remain a prominent feature of flying boat hull design in the decades to follow. With the problem resolved, preparations for the transatlantic crossing resumed, and 5 August 1914 was selected to take advantage of the [full moon](/source/Full_moon).

These plans were interrupted by the outbreak of the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), which also saw Porte, who was to pilot the *America* with [George Hallett](/source/George_E._A._Hallett), recalled to service with the British [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy).[3] Impressed by the capabilities he had witnessed, Porte urged the [Admiralty](/source/British_Admiralty) to commandeer (and later, purchase) the *America* and her sister aircraft from Curtiss. By the late summer of 1914 they were both successfully fully tested and shipped to England 30 September, aboard [RMS *Mauretania*](/source/RMS_Mauretania_(1906)).[4] This was followed by a decision to order a further 12 similar aircraft, one Model H-2 and the remaining as **Model H-4**s, four examples of the latter actually being assembled in the UK by [Saunders](/source/Saunders-Roe). All of these were essentially identical to the design of the *America*, and indeed, were all referred to as "Americas" in Royal Navy service. This initial batch was followed by an order for another 50.

These aircraft were soon of great interest to the [British Admiralty](/source/British_Admiralty) as anti-submarine patrol craft and for air-sea rescue roles. The initial Royal Navy purchase of just two aircraft eventually spawned a fleet of aircraft which saw extensive military service during World War I in these roles, being extensively developed in the process (together with many spinoff or offspring variants) under the compressed research and development cycles available in wartime. Consequently, as the war progressed, the Model H was developed into progressively larger variants, and it served as the basis for parallel developments in the [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland) under [John Cyril Porte](/source/John_Cyril_Porte) which led to the "Felixstowe" series of flying boats with their better hydrodynamic hull forms, beginning with the [Felixstowe F.1](/source/Felixstowe_F.1) — a hull form which thereafter became the standard in seaplanes of all kinds, just as sponsons did for flying boats.

Model H-8 prototype on [Lake Keuka](/source/Keuka_Lake), 1916.

Curtiss next developed an enlarged version of the same design, designated the **Model H-8**, with accommodation for four crew members. A [prototype](/source/Prototype) was constructed and offered to the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy), but was ultimately also purchased by the British Admiralty. This aircraft would serve as the pattern for the **Model H-12**, used extensively by both the Royal Navy and the United States Navy. Upon their adoption into service by the RNAS, they became known as **Large America**s, with the H-4s receiving the [retronym](/source/Retronym) **Small America**.

Curtiss H-12L in U.S. Navy service.

As built, the Model H-12s had 160 hp (118 kW) [Curtiss V-X-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curtiss_V-X-X&action=edit&redlink=1) engines, but these engines were under powered and deemed unsatisfactory by the British so in [Royal Naval Air Service](/source/Royal_Naval_Air_Service) (RNAS) service the H-12 was re-engined with the 275 hp (205 kW) [Rolls-Royce Eagle](/source/Rolls-Royce_Eagle) I[5] and then the 375 hp (280 kW) Eagle VIII.[6] Porte redesigned the H-12 with an improved hull; this design, the [Felixstowe F.2](/source/Felixstowe_F.2), was produced and entered service. Some of the H-12s were later rebuilt with a hull similar to the F.2, these rebuilds being known as the **Converted Large America**. Later aircraft for the U.S. Navy received the [Liberty engine](/source/Liberty_engine) (designated **Curtiss H-12L**).[7]

Curiously, the Curtiss company designation **Model H-14** was applied to a completely unrelated design (see [Curtiss HS](/source/Curtiss_HS)), but the **Model H-16**, introduced in 1917, represented the final step in the evolution of the Model H design.[8] With longer-span wings, and a reinforced hull similar to the Felixstowe flying boats, the H-16s were powered by Liberty engines in U.S. Navy service and by Eagle IVs for the Royal Navy. These aircraft remained in service through the end of World War I. Some were offered for sale as surplus military equipment at $11,053 apiece (one third of the original purchase price.)[9] Others remained in U.S. Navy service for some years after the war, most receiving engine upgrades to more powerful Liberty variants.

## Operational history

With the RNAS, H-12s and H-16s operated from flying boat stations on the coast in long-range anti-[submarine](/source/Submarine) and anti-[Zeppelin](/source/Zeppelin) patrols over the [North Sea](/source/North_Sea). A total of 71 H-12s and 75 H-16s were received by the RNAS, commencing patrols in April 1917, with 18 H-12s and 30 H-16s remaining in service in October 1918.[6][10]

U.S. Navy H-12s were kept at home and did not see foreign service, but ran anti-submarine patrols from their own naval stations. Twenty aircraft were delivered to the U.S. Navy.[7] Some of the H-16s, however, arrived at bases in the UK in time to see limited service just before the cessation of hostilities. Navy pilots disliked H-16 because, in the event of a crash landing, the large engines above and behind the cockpit were likely to break loose and continue forward striking the pilot.[11]

## Variants

Curtiss H-16 in U.S. Navy service.

- **Model H-1** or **Model 6**: original *America* intended for transatlantic crossing (two prototypes built)

- **Model H-2** (one built)

- **Model H-4**: similar to H-1 for RNAS (62 built)

- **Model H-7**: *Super America*[12]

- **Model H-8**: enlarged version of the H-4 (one prototype built)

- **Model H-12** or **Model 6A**: production version of H-8 with [Curtiss V-X-X](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Curtiss_V-X-X&action=edit&redlink=1) engines (104 built) - **Model H-12A** or **Model 6B**: RNAS version re-engined with [Rolls-Royce Eagle](/source/Rolls-Royce_Eagle) I - **Model H-12B** or **Model 6D**: RNAS version re-engined with Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII - **Model H-12L**: USN version re-engined with Liberty engine

- **Model H-16** or **Model 6C**: enlarged version of H-12 (334 built by Curtiss and [Naval Aircraft Factory](/source/Naval_Aircraft_Factory)) - **Model H-16-1**: Model 16 fitted with pusher engines (one built) - **Model H-16-2**: Model 16 fitted with pusher engines and revised wing cellule (one built)

## Operators

**[Brazil](/source/Brazil)**

- [Brazilian Naval Aviation](/source/Brazilian_Naval_Aviation)

**[Canada](/source/Canada)**

- [Canadian Air Force](/source/Canadian_Air_Force_(1920%E2%80%9324)) – two former Royal Air Force H-16 *Large Americas* as an [Imperial Gift](/source/Imperial_Gift)[13]

**[Netherlands](/source/Netherlands)**

- [Royal Netherlands Naval Air Service](/source/Netherlands_Naval_Aviation_Service) – one Curtiss H-12 in service[14]

**[United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom)**

- [Royal Naval Air Service](/source/Royal_Naval_Air_Service)

- [Royal Air Force](/source/Royal_Air_Force) - [No. 228 Squadron RAF](/source/No._228_Squadron_RAF) - [No. 234 Squadron RAF](/source/No._234_Squadron_RAF) - [No. 240 Squadron RAF](/source/No._240_Squadron_RAF) - [No. 249 Squadron RAF](/source/No._249_Squadron_RAF)

**[United States](/source/United_States)**

- [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy)

- [American Trans-Oceanic Company](/source/American_Trans-Oceanic_Company)

## Specifications (Model H-12A)

*Data from* Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947,[15] British naval aircraft since 1912[16]

**General characteristics**

- **Crew:** 4

- **Length:** 46 ft 6 in (14.17 m)

- **Wingspan:** 92 ft 8.5 in (28.258 m)

- **Height:** 16 ft 6 in (5.03 m)

- **Wing area:** 1,216 sq ft (113.0 m2)

- **[Airfoil](/source/Airfoil):** RAF 6[17]

- **Empty weight:** 7,293 lb (3,308 kg)

- **Gross weight:** 10,650 lb (4,831 kg)

- **Powerplant:** 2 × [Rolls-Royce Eagle I](/source/Rolls-Royce_Eagle_I) V-12 water-cooled piston engines, 275 hp (205 kW) each

- - - later - 345 hp (257 kW) [Rolls-Royce Eagle VII](/source/Rolls-Royce_Eagle_VII) - or - 375 hp (280 kW) [Rolls-Royce Eagle VIII](/source/Rolls-Royce_Eagle_VIII)

- **Propellers:** 4-bladed fixed-pitch propellers

**Performance**

- **Maximum speed:** 85 mph (137 km/h, 74 kn) at 2,000 ft (610 m)

- **Endurance:** 6 hours

- **Service ceiling:** 10,800 ft (3,300 m)

- **Rate of climb:** 336 ft/min (1.71 m/s)

- **Time to altitude:** 2,000 ft (610 m) in 3 minutes 18 seconds ; 10,000 ft (3,000 m) in 29 minutes 48 seconds

**Armament**

- **Guns:** 4 × .303 in (7.7 mm) [Lewis guns](/source/Lewis_gun) on flexible mounts

- **Bombs:** 4 × 100 lb (45 kg) or 2 × 230 lb (100 kg) bombs below the wings

## See also

- [Sikorsky Ilya Muromets](/source/Sikorsky_Ilya_Muromets)

- [Charles M. Olmsted](/source/Charles_M._Olmsted)

- [British Anzani](/source/Anzani)[18]

- [Tony Jannus](/source/Tony_Jannus)

**Related development**

- [Curtiss Model F](/source/Curtiss_Model_F)[1]

- [White & Thompson No. 1 Seaplane](/source/White_%26_Thompson_No._1_Seaplane)

- [Porte Baby](/source/Porte_Baby)[19]

- [Curtiss Model T](/source/Curtiss_Model_T) (Wanamaker Triplane)

- [Felixstowe F.1](/source/Felixstowe_F.1)

- [Felixstowe F.2](/source/Felixstowe_F.2)

**Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era**

- [Norman Thompson N.T.4](/source/Norman_Thompson_N.T.4)

## Notes

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Carpenter_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Carpenter_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Carpenter_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Carpenter_1-3) Carpenter Jr, G. J. (Jack) (2005). ["Photographs 1914"](https://web.archive.org/web/20061020132010/http://www.glennhcurtiss.com/id49.htm). *Glenn H. Curtiss Founder of The American Aviation Industry*. Internet Archive – Way Back Machine. Archived from [the original](http://www.glennhcurtiss.com/id49.htm) on October 20, 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-America_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-America_2-1) ["Hammondsport, N.Y. Launching of Rodman Wanamaker's trans-Atlantic flyer "America.""](https://www.britishpathe.com/video/launching-of-america/query/Curtiss+America). *British Pathé*. 22 June 1914. Retrieved 15 February 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Porte"](https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112045459051&seq=154). Gas review v.8(1915). 1915-02-01. Retrieved 2026-04-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** "Amsterdam Evening Recorder". 30 September 1914. p. 3.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Hanlon, Michael E. (2000). ["Aircraft of the AEF"](http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/curth12.htm). *Worldwar1.com*. Retrieved 19 February 2018.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-thetford_naval_80-1_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-thetford_naval_80-1_6-1) Thetford 1978, pp. 80–81.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-US_Navy_1911_p106-7_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-US_Navy_1911_p106-7_7-1) Swanborough and Bowers 1976, pp. 106–107.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-US_Navy_1911_p107_8-0)** Swanborough and Bowers 1976, p. 107.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-nan_9-0)** Van Wyen 1969, p. 90

1. **[^](#cite_ref-thetford_naval_82-3_10-0)** Thetford 1978, pp. 82–83.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Darden, Colgate W. Jr. (1984). "Naval Aviation in World War I". *Proceedings*. **110** (11). [United States Naval Institute](/source/United_States_Naval_Institute): 163–166.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** Johnson, E.R. (2009). [*American Flying Boats and Amphibious Aircraft: An Illustrated History*](https://books.google.com/books?id=AtqOSxG9N1YC&pg=PA302). McFarland. p. 302. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0786457083](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0786457083).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Sturtivant/Page 1992, p. 242

1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** Jonker, K.W. ["Felixstowe F2A"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150620165503/http://kw.jonker.co/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=658%3Afelixstowe-f2a-uk&catid=87&Itemid=549&showall=&limitstart=1&lang=en). *Nederlandse Modelbouw en Luchtvaartsite Modelling and Aviation*. K.W. Jonker. Archived from the original on 20 June 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2014.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_bot:_original_URL_status_unknown))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Bowers_15-0)** Bowers, Peter M. (1979). *Curtiss aircraft, 1907–1947*. London: Putnam. pp. 90–96. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0370100298](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0370100298).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Thetford_16-0)** Thetford, Owen (1991). *British naval aircraft since 1912* (6th rev. ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 87–88. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [1-55750-076-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-55750-076-2).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Selig_17-0)** Lednicer, David. ["The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage"](https://m-selig.ae.illinois.edu/ads/aircraft.html). *m-selig.ae.illinois.edu*. Retrieved 16 April 2019.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-18)** ["British Anzani – a company history"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120206075213/http://www.britishanzani.co.uk/History.htm). *The British Anzani Archive*. British Anzani Archive. 2000. p. 1. Archived from [the original](http://www.britishanzani.co.uk/History.htm) on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Owers_19-0)** Owers, Colin (2015). ["The Porte Baby"](http://www.crossandcockade.com/uploads/Porte_Baby.pdf) (PDF). *Cross & Cockade International*: 46. Retrieved 24 August 2015.

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## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Curtiss Model H](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Curtiss_Model_H).

- [Sons of Our Empire](http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060008189): Film of the Royal Naval Air Service at Felixstowe, including [John Cyril Porte](/source/John_Cyril_Porte), Curtiss Model H-2 and prototype [Felixstowe F.1](/source/Felixstowe_F.1) (No. 3580) fitted with [Anzani](/source/Anzani_10-cylinder) engines, about August 1916.

- [Curtiss Model H](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nceWSu8z-8o) on [YouTube](/source/YouTube_video_(identifier)): Film of flying boats at [RNAS Felixstowe](/source/RNAS_Felixstowe), including an Anzani engined Curtiss H-4 taxiing, [Felixstowe F.2A](/source/Felixstowe_F.2) moved down a slipway on its beaching trolley and H-12 *Large Americas* being launched, one loaded with bombs, c.1917.

- [Reproduction *America* Flies, September 2008](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_1Z_wxA2CY).

- [That was the West that was: Scilly in the First World War](http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/patrol-U-boat-hunters-Tresco-protecting-Allied/story-21342483-detail/story.html)[*[permanent dead link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot)*]: Article featuring the Curtiss H-12 at [New Grimsby](/source/New_Grimsby) on the [Scilly Isles](/source/Scilly_Isles).

- [Flying Boats over the North Sea](http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flying-boats-over-the-north-sea/): Article including the Curtiss H-12.

- [Flying boats](http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/blog/flying-boats-over-the-westrn-approaches/) over the [Western Approaches](/source/Western_Approaches): Article including the Curtiss H-12.

v t e Curtiss and Curtiss-Wright aircraft Manufacturer designations Early types Golden Flier Reims Racer Beachey Special Model letters C D E F FL GS H HA HS J JN -5 -6H K L MF N NC O R S T Model numbers 1 B F 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 (I) 18 (II) 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 K/P 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 A B 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 I P S 76 A 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 "L" series L-17 L-18 L-19 L-22 L-41 L-44 L-72 L-79 L-85 L-115 L-117 L-710 "CA" series CA-1 "CR" series CR-1 CR-2 "CW" series CW-1 CW-2 CW-3 CW-4 CW-5 CW-6 CW-8 CW-9 CW-10 CW-11 CW-12 CW-14 CW-15 CW-16 CW-17 CW-182 CW-19 CW-20 CW-21 CW-22 CW-23 CW-24 CW-25 CW-26 CW-27 CW-28 CW-29 CW-32 CW-33 CW-40 "P" series P-200 P-202 P-212 P-218 P-219 P-222 P-223 P-224 P-225 P-227 P-228 P-229 P-232 P-235 P-238 P-239 P-240 P-241 P-243 P-244 P-245 P-247 P-248 P-249 P-250 P-251 P-252 P-253 P-254 P-255 P-256 P-257 P-259 P-261 P-264 P-268 P-269 P-272 P-273 P-274 P-275 P-276 P-277 P-278 P-279 P-280 P-282 P-283 P-291 P-292 P-293 P-295 P-296 P-297 P-298 P-299 P-302 P-303 P-304 P-305 P-306 P-307 P-509 P-517 P-518 P-538 P-539 P-541 P-545 P-551 P-558 P-565 P-586 P-588 P-592 "X" series X-100 X-200 X-300 X-410 X-425 Operator and role Civil Experimental No. 1 Model C SX-5-1 Tanager Racers and record No. 2 Cox Racer CW-B-14R Airliners Eagle Condor 18 Condor II Kingbird Thrush Commando Utility Model D Model E Model F Carrier Pigeon Falcon Robin Lark 6B CW-12 CW-14 Sportsman CW-15 Sedan CW-16 CW-19W Army Ground attack A-3 A-4 A-5 A-6 A-8 YA-10 A-12 YA-14 A-18 A-25 A-40 XA-43 Bombers NBS-1 B-2 XNBS-4 Transports XC-10 C-30 Condor C-46 Commando C-55 Commando C-76 C-113 Commando Fighters S 18 PN-1 PW-8 P-1 to P-5 P-6 XP-10 P-11 P-142 P-17 XP-182 XP-192 YP-20 XP-21 XP-22 XP-23 XP-31 P-36 YP-37 P-40 XP-42 XP-46 XP-53 XP-55 YP-60 XP-62 XP-71 XP-87 Observation O-1 O-11 O-12 O-13 O-16 O-18 O-242 O-26 XO-302 O-39 O-40 O-52 Racers R-6 R-8 Trainers J L JN Fledgling AT-4 Hawk AT-5 Hawk BT-4 AT-9 Jeep Experimental X-19 Licensed USAO-1 NBS-1/Model 30 Navy Bombers CT BFC BF2C SBC SB2C XSB3C2 XBTC XBT2C Fighters HA GS TS-1 FC F2C F3C F4C F5C1 F6C F7C F8C F9C F10C F11C XF12C F13C XF14C XF15C Observation/scout CS/SC S2C XS3C S4C SC OC O2C O3C SOC SO2C SO3C Trainers N-9 N2C SNC Transports RC R4C R5C Maritime patrol H-16 F5L HS-1L & HS-2L Racers and record NC CR R2C R3C Export Bombers Canada CW-14 Osprey Maritime patrol H-2, H-4, H-8 and H-16 F5L HS-2L Fighters CW-17 Pursuit Osprey2 CW-21 Demon Trainers Canuck CW-14 Osprey CW-16 CW-182 CW-22 1 Designation skipped 2 Not built

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