1920s Curtiss Aeroplane Catalog For Sale

very rare 1925 curtiss aeroplane and motor company catalogue

34 pages

perfect conditions as photos shows

TheCurtiss Aeroplane and Motor Companywas created on January 13, 1916 from theCurtiss Aeroplane CompanyofHammondsport, New YorkandCurtiss Motor Companyof Bath, New York.Burgess Companyof Marblehead, Massachusetts, became a subsidiary in February 1916.[7]

With the onset ofWorld War I, military orders rose sharply, and Curtiss needed to expand quickly. In 1916, the company moved its headquarters and most manufacturing activities toBuffalo, New York, where there was far greater access to transportation, manpower, manufacturing expertise, and much needed capital. The company housed an aircraft engine factory in the formerTaylor Signal Company-General Railway Signal Company.[8]An ancillary operation was begun in Toronto, Ontario that was involved in both production and training, setting up the first flying school in Canada in 1915.[9]

In 1917, the two major aircraft patent holders, theWright Companyand the Curtiss Company, had effectivelyblocked the building of new airplanes, which were desperately needed as the United States was enteringWorld War I. The U.S. government, as a result of a recommendation of a committee formed byFranklin D. Roosevelt, thenAssistant Secretary of the Navy, pressured the industry to form a cross-licensing organization (in other terms aPatent pool), theManufacturer\'s Aircraft Association.[10][11][12]

Curtiss was instrumental in the development of U.S. Naval Aviation by providing training for pilots and providing aircraft. The first major order was for 144 various subtypes of theModel Ftrainer flying boat.[4]In 1914, Curtiss had lured B. Douglas Thomas fromSopwithto design theModel Jtrainer, which led to theJN-4two-seat biplane trainer (known affectionately as the \"Jenny\").[13][14]

The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company worked with the United States\' British and Canadian allies, resulting in JN-4 (Can) trainers (nicknamed the \"Canuck\") being built in Canada.[15]In order to complete large military orders, JN-4 production was distributed to five other manufacturers. After the war, large numbers of JN-4s were sold as surplus, making influential as the first plane for many interwar pilots, includingAmelia Earhart.[16]A stamp was printed tocommemorate the Curtiss JN-4, however a printing error resulted in some having the aircraft image inverted, which has become very valuable, and one of the best known rare stamps, even being featured in a number of movies.

Peace brought cancellation of wartime contracts. In September 1920, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company underwent a financial reorganization and Glenn Curtiss cashed out his stock in the company for $32 million and retired to Florida.[17]He continued as a director of the company but served only as an advisor on design.Clement M. Keysgained control of the company and it later became the nucleus of a large group of aviation companies.[18]The CurtissHS-2Lflying boat was used extensively in the war for anti-submarine patrols and was operated from bases in Nova Scotia, Canada, France and Portugal. TheJohn Cyril Porteof theRoyal Navyand Curtiss worked together to improve the design of the Curtiss flying boats resulting in theCurtiss F5Land the similarFelixstowe F.3. Curtiss also worked with the US Navy to develop theNC-4, which became the first aircraft to fly across theAtlantic Oceanin 1919, making several stops en route. By the end of World War I, the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company would claim to be the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world, employing 18,000 inBuffaloand 3,000 inHammondsport, New York. Curtiss produced 10,000 aircraft during that war, and more than 100 in a single week.

Curtiss seaplanes won theSchneider Cupin two consecutive races, those of 1923 and 1925. The 1923 race was won byU.S. NavyLieutenant David Rittenhouse flying a Curtiss C.R.3 to 177.266 miles per hour (285.282km/h).

LaCurtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, nota anche comeCurtiss, era un costruttore di aerei statunitense che divenne pubblica nel 1916, conGlenn Curtissalla presidenza.

Divenne il maggiore produttore del mondo durante laprima guerra mondiale, con 18000 dipendenti aBuffaloe 3000 a Hammondsport,New York. La Curtiss produsse 10000 aerei durante quella guerra, e più di 100 in una singola settimana. È particolarmente famosa per ilCurtiss JN-4, unbiplanoa due posti che divenne uno dei più popolari aerei dell\'epoca.

Un altro aeroplano famoso della Curtiss era l\'idrovolanteprogettato per lamarina degli Stati Uniti, ilNC-4, il primo aeroplano ad attraversare l\'Oceano atlanticoda ovest verso est con scali nel1919.