Curtiss Falcon
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A number of biplanes built by Curtiss were named "Falcon", most under the US Army designation O-1. They first appeared in 1924.
The plane was a conventional unequal-span design with wooden wings, while the fuselage was built using aluminium tubing. The tail included a balanced rudder, and the landing gear was fixed, with a rear skid originally, later changed to a tail wheel.
It was reasonably successful as an observation plane, and the A-3 attack variant also saw considerable use, reserve units flying them until 1937.
Variants
- A-3 - O-1B converted for use as attack aircraft, 66 built
- A-3A - A-3s converted into trainers
- A-3B - O-1E converted for attack use, 78 built
- XA-4 - one A-3 with a Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1 Wasp radial engine
- O-1 - 10 built
- O-1A - Liberty engine
- O-1B - 45 built
- O-1C - four O-1Bs converted into VIP transports
- O-1E - 41 built
- O-1F - one O-1E converted into VIP transport
- O-1G - 30 built
- O-11 - 66 built
- XO-12
- XO-13
- O-13B
- XO-16 - one O-11 with Conqueror engine
- XO-18 - one O-1B used to test Chieftain engine
- O-39 - O-1G airframe with Conqueror engine, 10 built
- Civil Falcon - 20 built
- Conqueror Mailplane
- D-12 Mailplane
- Lindbergh Special - sold to Charles Lindbergh
- Liberty Mailplane - 14 for National Air Transport
- F8C-1 - four built for US Marine Corps, later designated OC-1
- F8C-3 - for Navy, 21 built, later OC-2
- XOC-3 - XF8C-1 with a Chieftain engine
- Export Falcon - twin-float version of O-1B sold to Colombia, 16 built
- South American D-12 Falcon - 10 for Peru
- Colombia Cyclone Falcon - Model 37F with Wright Cyclone engine for Colombia, 100 sold
- Chilean Falcon - O-1E design built under license in Chile, ten sold to Brazil
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