Curtiss Tanager

Curtiss · United States · first flew 1929 · light aircraft

The Curtiss Model 54 Tanager was an aircraft constructed in 1929 as Curtiss' entry in the Guggenheim Safe Aircraft Competition.

Recognition (WEFT)

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Spot it by:

• Conventional biplane with a highly streamlined fuselage
• Automatic leading-edge slots on the upper wing
• Full-span flaps on the upper wing and floating ailerons on the lower wing

A small streamlined biplane with automatic leading-edge slots on the upper wing and floating ailerons on the lower wing.

Specifications

• The Curtiss Tanager has a length of 8.13 m (27 ft).
• It has a wingspan of 13.36 m (44 ft).
• Its maximum speed is 180 km/h (112 mph).
• Typical crew: 1.

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History

It was a conventional biplane with a streamlined fuselage similar in outline to the Curtiss Eagle but considerably smaller. It first flew on 12 October 1929 and was powered by a Curtiss R-600 Challenger.

Variants

Only one Tanager was built.

Where you'll see it

Only the Tanager and the Handley Page Gugnunc passed the qualifying round, and the Tanager won the