#curtiss wright

[aviatrix-ash]

I've met this lovely gal many times before, but still every time, she steals me 😌💕

She's a Curtiss Wright 16E built in 1936! 87 years old and still airworthy! One of maybe 2 or 3 16Es still capable of flying today. Her engine is a Curtiss Wright J-6 (a very rare engine, only 500 made- and this museum has 2!)! This aircraft was intended to be a trainer for pilots training for higher performance aircraft. The infamous Boeing Stearman won that bid back in the day, which is why Stearmans are much more common than this plane. Instead it was adopted as a trainer by the militaries of Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, and Ecuador. Im told this particular airplane was flown by famous Brazilian aviaton pioneer Alberto-Santos Dumont!

#planeposting #planes #biplane #curtiss wright #aircraft #avgeek #aviation #aviation history

[nocternalrandomness]

Seagull SOC-3A from VS-201 onboard the carrier USS Long Island photographed on 16 Dec. 1941

#Curtiss #SOC-3A #Seagull #scout plane #observation aircraft #Biplane #Curtiss-Wright #US Navy #vintage aviation #flight deck #airplane

[bigglesworld]

Curtiss-Wright aircraft. In the 1920s, Death Valley was promoted as a 'diabolically divine' winter destination.

#Curtiss #Wright #Death Valley

[stone-cold-groove]

Cargo without convoy.

#vintage advertising #wartime ads #wwii #ww2 #ww #life during wartime #vintage aircraft #ww2 aircraft #warplanes #vintage illustration #curtiss #consolidated pb2y3 #curtiss-wright #glenn curtiss

[alexbyrth]

The Curtiss-Wright Model 21 (also known as the Curtiss-Wright Model 21 Demonstrator, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Interceptor, the Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon) was an American fighter-interceptor developed by the St. Louis Airplane Division of Curtiss-Wright Corporation during the 1930s. 

 The prototype CW-21 was delivered to China for evaluation by the Chinese Air Force. The Chinese were impressed by the CW-21’s performance, and negotiation started on a Chinese purchase. While these negotiations were ongoing, the CW-21 prototype was flown in combat against Japanese bombers attacking Chungking, with Curtiss test pilot Bob Fausel claiming a Fiat BR.20 bomber shot down on 4 April 1939. In May 1939, a contract was signed, with China receiving the prototype and three complete examples built by Curtiss, as well as kits for 27 more aircraft. Assembly would be undertaken by the Central Aircraft Manufacturing Company (CAMCO) at Loiwing, near the China-Burma border. These were to be armed with two .50 in (12.7 mm) and two .30 in (7.62 mm) machine guns.

In April 1940, the Dutch Army Aviation Brigade Luchtvaartbrigade, desperate for modern combat aircraft, placed an order for 24 CW-21Bs from Curtiss-Wright. After the Battle of the Netherlands, which resulted in the Dutch Army surrendering to the invading Germans on 15 May 1940, the order for the CW-21Bs (together with a number of Curtiss Model 75 fighters and Curtiss-Wright CW-22 trainers), was transferred to the government of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), for the Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger (“Military Aviation of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army”

#Curtiss-Wright #CW-21 #warbirds

[mourning-again-in-america]

I'm deeply impressed by the depth of analysis devoted to the war powers in the conlaw casebook I acquired (Paulsen, Calabresi S., McConnell, Bray, and Baude, 2014), tho I wish it enlightened more on the international law aspects at least as they're conlaw aspects -- can a head of state or commander in chief normally authorize the deployment of troops to a consenting country without an act of positive law? what are the statements or cases (if any) on "pre-emptive self-defense" or on the taking of prizes of neutrals running a blockade? did the blockade need to be anticipated? what if an easily accessible friendly port was accessible from the point of realization of the blockade on the part of the neutral's captain? how am I supposed to reason about the prize cases or the second gulf war!!

#so you have two sets of arguments #you either argue ex parte milligan and ex parte quirin and curtiss wright to read eisentrager for all its worth #(wait no not milligan crap) #im glad that i listened to a lot of national security law #i remember vladeck saying or you take medellin and (something i forget) to limit eisentrager to a judgment about competency and jurisdiction #(in the context of the gitmo cases iirc)

[if-you-fan-a-fire]

“Chicago Chinese Train to Serve in Air for Native Land,” Border Cities Star. February 24, 1932. Page 17. ---- THIRTY-FIVE young Chicago Chinese are taking lessons in flying with intentions of returning to Asia to pilot war planes for the land of their forefathers. Mr. Joseph de Cesaro, left, an aviation instructor, is shown with the group at Curtiss-Wright Airport.

#curtiss-wright airport #chicago #pilot training #military training #aviation instructor #sino-japanese war #january 28 incident #republic of china #fighter plane #chinese americans #chinese immigration to the united states

[captain-price-unofficially]

Test-firing a P-40E Kittyhawk guns at the Curtiss Wright firing range at Buffalo, New York. March 1942.

#wwii #aviation #home front

[usafphantom2]

16 February 1944. First flight of the Curtiss SC Seahawk prototype XSC-1 at the Columbus, Ohio Curtiss plant. American scout seaplane powered by a 1,350 hp Wright R-1820-62 Cyclone 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine.

@ron_eisele via X

[aviatrix-ash]

A little appreciation post for this lovely 1936 Curtiss Wright 16E that hangs out at my favorite little airport's museum.

This is only 1 of 9 left in the world and it's 1 of the 5 that's still airworthy.

#planeposting #aviation #aircraft #biplane #airplanes #curtiss wright #curtiss biplane

[mercurygray]

Cordelia Callaway - Masterlist

Flying is in Cord Callaway's blood. Her father flew for the Signal Corps in the last war and currently works as a supervisor for Curtiss-Wright in Dayton, Ohio, where she grew up around factory floors and technical specs. Her father took her up in a biplane when she was about ten, and she’s never looked back, transitioning straight back to the factory herself after her degree was finished. She might have had a direct ticket to the test field at Dayton if she hadn’t elected to go overseas first. She’s not a flashy flier, but a reliable one - a woman that other people look to for answers and reassurance. Answers willingly to Cord, Cordelia, or Callaway, and grudgingly to Cordy. Since they won’t quite give her a plane, she’s working the flight control desk, and will be damned if a single one of these pilot's deaths is her fault.

Determined to show her worth to the Army, she's not going to let anyone - including an extremely tall Air Force major from Wisconsin- stand in the way of doing her job well.

First Impressions (May 1943)

Breakfast Club (May 1943)

Iceberg (June 1943)

First One In (June 25, 1943)

the smell of perfume (?? 1943)

Reality and Sense (?? 1943)

Daisy Chain (?? 1943)

#masters of the air OC #cordelia callaway #tds cinematic universe

[rockyp77mk3]

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Production at the Curtiss-Wright Factory in Buffalo NY - 1941.

#history #aviation #wwii

[stone-cold-groove]

Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk Airship Fighter seen with the USS Macon mothership - 1932.

#curtiss f9c sparrowhawk #uss macon #usn #us navy #u.s. navy #military aircraft #fighter aircraft #airships #flying aircraft carrier #us military #u.s. military #vintage aircraft #dirigibles #1930s #the 30s #curtiss-wright #curtiss aircraft

[karagin22]

Curtiss-Wright X-19

#vtol #aircraft

[dumbass-duo-showdown]

ROUND 1!

To start, round 1 will take place during 2 days. Both starting at 5pm CET with the first 8 groups on each side, then with the other 8 at 8pm CET. With a break in between group 1 (apple) and group 2 (bapelsin).

We start with most votes, then by fandom. The rest is random

Round 1 - apple, 8/4-2023, day 1

God (bible) vs Reigen Arakata (mob psycho 100), finished

John Silver (treasure planet) vs Donquixote Rosinate (one piece)finished

Garmadon (Lego Ninjago) vs All Might (my hero academia), finished,

Bandit Heeler (bluey) vs Heinz Doofeshmirtz (Phineas and Ferb), finished,

Maes Hughes (full metal alchemist) vs Uncle Iroh (avatar, the last airbender), finished

Bob Blecher (bob’s burgers) vs Professor Utonium (PowerPuff girls), finished

Yosuke Koiwai (Azumanga Daioh) vs Iruka Umino (Naruto), finished

Asura (asura’s wrath) vs Darkwing Duck (ducktales cinematic universe I mean darkwing duck), finished, finished

Hakoda (avatar the last airbender) vs Kaname Date (ai: Somnium files), finished

Sojiro Sakura (persona) vs Ice King (adventure time), finished

Richard Waterson (the amazing world of gumball) vs Dr Venomous (ok ko let’s be heros), finished

Splinter (teenage mountain ninja turtles) vs Kazuki Kurusu & Rei Suwa (buddy daddies), finished

Jotaro Kujo vs Bruno Bucciarati (JoJo’s bizarre adventure), finished

Greil vs Eliwood (fire emblem)

Peony vs Kukui (Pokémon), finished

Seteth (fire emblem) vs Phoenix Wright (ace attorney), finished

Day 2 9/4

Largo the black lion (tales in the abyss) vs David Evans (Inazuma 11), finished

Loid Forger (SpyxFamily) vs Ferid (Suikoden V), finished

Kotestu Kaburagi (tiger and bunny) vs Tim Lockwood (cloudy with a chance of meatballs), finished

Naoki Gotoh (bocchi the rock) vs Oscar Proud (the proud family), finished

Shouta Aizawa (my hero academia) vs Bill Green (big city greens), finished

Dracula (hotel Transylvania) vs Donald Duck (ducktales), finished

Ken Shirashi (project Sekai) vs Sailor Uranus (sailor moon), finished

Skipper (penguins of Madagascar) vs Norisuke Higashikata the 4th (JoJo’s bizarre adventure), finished

red leg Zeff (one piece) vs Sully (monsters inc), finished

Kouhei Inuzuka (sweetness and lighting) vs Geto Suguru (jujutsu Kaisen), finished

Alibert (wakfu) vs Oboro (Suikoden V), finished

Meta Knight (Kirby) vs Senshi (delicious in dungeon), finished

Jades Curtiss (tales of the abyss) vs Gru (despicable me), finished

Pankraz Gotha(dragon quest 5) vs Zenkichi Hasegawa (persona), finished

Keiji Shinoji (your turn to die) vs Kanan jarrus (Star Wars: rebels), finished

Chilchuck (delicious in dungeon) vs Mr Ping (kung fu panda), finished

Bapelsin day 1, 11-4

Eddie Diaz & Evan Buckley vs Bobby Nash (911), finished

Benjamin Sisko (Star Trek deep space 9) vs Dad Egbert (homestuck), finished

Subject Delta (bioshock) vs Damien Bloodmarch (dream daddy), finished

Goldlewis Dickinson (guilty gear) vs Atticus Finch (to kill a mockingbird), finished

Paul Blofis (Percy Jackson) vs Kazuhira Miller (metal gear solid), finished

Gomez Addams (the Addams family) vs Din Djarin (the mandalorian), finished

Hans Hubermann (the book thief) vs Lee Everett (telltales the walking dead), finished

Kiryu Kazuma (yakuza) vs Waymond Wang (everything everywhere all at once), finished

PART 2

Jean Valjean (les misérables) vs Joel Miller (the last of us), finished

Calvin’s dad (Calvin and Hobbes) vs Augustus Aquato (psychonauts), finished

Pyrrha Dve (the locked tomb) vs Dustan Thron (stardust), finished

Neon J (no straight roads) vs Common Wubbox (my singing monsters), finished

Patton Sanders (sander sides) vs Doc Louis (punch out), finished

Alther Mella (septimus heap) vs Riki (xenoblade), finished

Digby Wolf (fables/a wolf among us) vs Bob Cratchit (a Christmas carol) , finished

Petey (dogman) vs Mo Folchart (inkheart), finished

Day 2, 13-4

Alfred (Batman) vs Gandalf (lord of the rings), finished

Asgore Dreemurr (undertale) vs Micheal Bluth (arrested development), finished

Dave Seville (Alvin and the chipmunks) vs Martin Penderwick (the Penderwicks), finished

Anthony Herzen (professor Layton) vs Chimney Han (911), finished

Glamrock Freddy (five nights at Freddy’s) vs Mr Carrisford (a little princess), finished

Poseidon (Percy Jackson) vs bail Organa (Star Wars), finished

Neir Gestalt (Neir) vs Kim Dokja (Omniscient readers viewpoint), finished

Hal Wilkerson (Malcom in the middle) vs Ness’ dad (earthbound), finished

PART 2

Tony Stark (MCU) vs Lee Scoresby (his dark materials), finished

Dream (sandman) vs Kat (all quiet on the western front), finished

Thrushpelt (warrior cats) vs Teacher (the girl from the other side) , finished

Barret Wallace (final fantasy) vs Lazlo Cravensworth (what we do in the shadows), finished

Domingo Montoya (the princess bride) vs Charlie Swan (twilight), finished

Geralt of Rivia (the Witcher) vs Terry Jeffords (Brooklyn 99), finished

Dan Espinoza (Lucifer) vs Rupert Giles (Buffy), finished

Pollination Tech 9 smith (the sims 2) vs Marko (saga), finished

Okay basic questions time before I get a bunch of anon asks

“Two of these are women.”

Father figures also count

“Some of these doesn’t have their own kids”

See point 1

“Why is there only a few characters from the same franchise going against each other but sometimes they aren’t”

Because I only recognized fire emblem, Pokémon, and JJBA at first.

“Aus doesn’t count”

As a previous undertale fan. I could care less. And I am not replacing Tim with BAMSE.

“Replace x with Bamse”

Sorry but. Findus and Skalman have already won. 3 times are a bit too much for us sweds.

“911 is copaganda”

You see Brooklyn 911 (picked by wheel) and you go against fireback mountain. Shame on you anon.

“Dad council these aren’t all random”

Yeah but Neon J vs Wubbox = chaos

Code of conduct

EXTRA BATTLE

#best dad battle #best dad battle updates #treasure planet #bioshock #one piece #jojos bizarre adventure #911 on fox #bluey #dad council has an announcement

[wheelsgoroundincircles]

Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

The Helldiver was developed to replace the Douglas SBD Dauntless. It was a much larger aircraft, able to operate from the latest aircraft carriers and carry a considerable array of armament. It featured an internal bomb bay that reduced drag when carrying heavy ordnance. Saddled with demanding requirements set forth by both the U.S. Marines and United States Army Air Forces, the manufacturer incorporated features of a "multi-role" aircraft into the design.

The Model XSB2C-1 prototype initially suffered development issues connected to its Wright R-2600 Twin Cyclone engine and three-bladed propeller; further concerns included structural weaknesses, poor handling, directional instability, and bad stall characteristics. In 1939, a student took a model of the new Curtiss XSB2C-1 to the MIT wind tunnel. Professor of Aeronautical Engineering Otto C. Koppen was quoted as saying, "if they build more than one of these, they are crazy". He was referring to controllability issues with the small vertical tail.

The first prototype made its maiden flight on 18 December 1940. It crashed on 8 February 1941 when its engine failed on approach, but Curtiss was asked to rebuild it. The fuselage was lengthened and a larger tail was fitted, while an autopilot was fitted to help the poor stability. The revised prototype flew again on 20 October 1941, but was destroyed when its wing failed during diving tests on 21 December 1941.

Large-scale production had already been ordered on 29 November 1940, but a large number of modifications were specified for the production model. Fin and rudder area were increased, fuel capacity was increased, self-sealing fuel tanks were added, and the fixed armament was doubled to four 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns in the wings, compared with the prototype's two cowling guns. The SB2C-1 was built with larger fuel tanks, improving its range considerably.

The program suffered so many delays that the Grumman TBF Avenger entered service before the Helldiver, even though the Avenger had begun its development two years later. Nevertheless, production tempo accelerated with production at Columbus, Ohio and two Canadian factories: Fairchild Aircraft Ltd. (Canada), which produced 300 (under the designations XSBF-l, SBF-l, SBF-3, and SBF-4E), and Canadian Car and Foundry, which built 894 (designated SBW-l, SBW-3, SBW-4, SBW-4E, and SBW-5), these models being respectively equivalent to their Curtiss-built counterparts. A total of 7,140 SB2Cs and equivalent models were produced in World War II.

Initially poor handling characteristics and late modifications caused lengthy delays to production and deployment, to the extent that it was investigated by the Truman Committee, which turned in a scathing report. This contributed to the decline of Curtiss as a company. Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier skippers seemed to like it. Nevertheless, the type was faster than the Dauntless, and by the end of the Pacific War, the Helldiver had become the main dive bomber and attack aircraft on USN carriers.

By the time a land-based variant, known as the A-25 Shrike, became available in late 1943, the Western Allied air forces had abandoned dedicated dive-bombers. A majority of A-25s delivered to the US Army Air Forces were transferred to the US Marine Corps, which used the type only in one side campaign and non-combat roles. The British Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force also cancelled substantial orders, retaining only a few aircraft for research purposes.

Nicknames for the aircraft included "Big-Tailed Beast" or just "Beast", "Two-Cee", and "Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class"; the latter nickname was derived from the name SB2C and the aircraft's reputation for having difficult handling characteristics.

Photo-Description:

Aircraft

Commemorative Air Force

Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver

Reg.: N92879

Code: 32

Location & Date

Wichita - McConnell AFB (IAB / KIAB)

Kansas, USA - September 25, 2010

Caption:

Photographer:

J Snyder (Oklahoma, USA)

#Curtiss Helldiver #Curtiss #helldiver #warplane #airplane #world war 2