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Description
| Manufacturer: | Curtiss | |
| Base model: | B-2 | |
| Designation: | B-2 | |
| Nickname: | Condor | |
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | |
| Designation Period: | 1924-Present | |
| Basic role: | Bomber | |
Specifications
| Not Yet Available |
Known serial numbers
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| John A. MacFadden Dewey, AZ | My father flew a Curtiss Jenny at Langley Field, Virginia and Kelly Field, Texas in WW1 while serving in the Aviation Branch of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. He never saw combat duty but the flying 'bug' remained with him. Sometime in the period 1936-38 we drove to Murchio's Field in Preakness, New Jersey where Clarence Chamberlain was offering flights in a Curtiss Condor -- Dad and I went up for a ride, and that was my first airplane experience. As we took off, I noticed a Kellett Autogiro sitting on the field. Altho I don't remember Dad ever saying it, he undoubtedly met Clarence when they were pilots in the Aviation Branchof the Signal Corps. My next flight with Dad was in 1939 on a charter flight in a beautiful Gullwing Stinson Reliant at the Hagerstown, Maryland airport. I'll turn into an octogenarian next February and love old airplanes -- still building scale flying models. 07/14/2008 @ 11:19 [ref: 22129] |
| Andrew S. Cohen Middlebury, CT | My first flight was in a Curtis Condor with Clarence Chamberlain out of Mount Tobe Airport in Plymouth Connecticut in the summer of 1935. I was five years old. I have a picture of the airplane and Chamberlain. The grass strip airport is still in use. 01/19/2008 @ 17:47 [ref: 19363] |
| Andrew S. Cohen Middlebury, CT | My first flight was in a Curtis Condor with Clarence Chamberlain out of Mount Tobe Airport in Plymouth Connecticut in the summer of 1935. I was five years old. I have a picture of the airplane and Chamberlain. The grass strip airport is still in use. 01/19/2008 @ 17:47 [ref: 19362] |
| William R Yost , NJ | I flew with Clarence Chamberlin, in the Curtiss Condor, out of Central Airport, in Camden,NJ,in 1939. It cost $1.50.I was 11 yrs old. I also have a picture of the plane. 08/31/2007 @ 10:17 [ref: 17799] |
| Ken Smith , CA | I have recollections of seeing a Condor flying out of a grass field located in NJ,Pequannock NJ to be precise.
I was about 14 yrs. old at the time.My mother drove us from Hawthorne NJ (Town of residence)to Pequannock/Pompton Plains,Jacksonville Rd.,which was the southern boundary of the field,the western Bound.was the Boulevard and Newark Pompton Tpke. was the eastern end. Clarence Chamberlin was the pilot,The Condor Had 2 Conqueror liquid cooled engines. Reason for recalling this detail was that I had a business located in Peq.Twsp.,and resided at 32 Jacksonville Rd. In 1937 I obtained a job at Wright Aeronautical Corp.,located at Madison Ave and Beckwith Ave.Paterson NJ as an electrician/electric motor repairman,which gave me unlimited access to the entire plant. In between regular maintenance duties I often was welcomed at the green run disassembly section (I Maintained the Magnaflux machine in that area)and spent many hours helping to take apart First time run radial engines. I used to get to Caldwell Wright airport,Caldwell NJ on various electrical problems where I met Fred Chamberlin(Clarences Son) who was the chief test pilot at that facility,Very good individual. WAC had a Boeing B-17 at that location that was used for test flights of the Sapphire Jet engine which was mounted in the nose of the B-17 (British design,J 5 or J 6,Icannot remember which,although J-5 could be the model). The turbine was equipped with a 4 bladed prop which was turned 045 degrees from vertical by hand so that it was at max clearance from the ground at takeoff. The turbine was fired up once the plane was airborne,and radials props were feathered. I can supply many more bits of info but I think this ltr. is enough for now. Let me know if you people would care to have me provide you with any further memoirs of my time spent with Wright Aero back in the 1930s and 1940s.Hope you will find these recollections of mine of some use to you folks. Kenneth R.smith 3886 Coronado Circle, Newbury Park,California 91320 Tel.# 805-499-6064 E-Mail eckrsaw@hotmail.com 05/07/2007 @ 17:26 [ref: 16428] |
| Dick Neumann Moab, UT | Moab, Ut. Canyon Country. Re: Curtiss Condor Mdel 18 had V 12 cylinder curtiss Conqueror engines. Curtiss Condor II, T32C and AT32 Condors had Wright R-1820 9 cylinder engines.T32 series ondor II's were in service with Eastern Air Transport and American Airways staryting in 1933 and phased oiut in 1935 and 36 for DC-3's.
Of the 45 Condor II and 14 Mdel 19 and B- Bombers built by Curtiss Wright Corporation only NC12363, serial nmber 23 has survived. It is currently located in Moab, Utah to be restored to flyable status. It was recovered from an accident site in 1966 for American Airlines but then stored in a suburban Chicago area garage until 2004. Many original components of the aircraft were located, acqured and will be used in the restoration process. Condors were fully operational from 1933 until 1960 The ls operational Curtiss Condor was on floats on a river patrol in colombia with the Coombian Navy when a flash flood swamped and smashed it. For furtherinformation contact Fred Auston, Porject manager at rootabegga_44@ msn.com or Dick Neumann at airmoab@juno.com 01/03/2007 @ 22:33 [ref: 15093] |
| bob mitchell broken arrow, OK | first ever airplane ride was with chamberlin and his condor from beach at old orchard, maine. cost $2 which was a large sum for my dad who made $24 a week. i was born in kennebunkport and retired from faa's experimental center in atlantic city. 11/16/2006 @ 04:39 [ref: 14749] |
| David Oswalt Springfield, OR | My first airplane ride was in a Curtis Condor commercial aircraft. I believe the year was 1935 and place was Warren, Ohio. There were two of the Condors as I recall, rides were $2.00. I think there were 11 seats in each. The person bringing them there had a low wing racing plane that he may have flown at the air races. I was 10 years old at the time and an additional 70 years leaves details a bit hazy. I am a flying octogenarian currently piloting my own experimental RV6A two place aircraft out here in Oregon. 05/19/2006 @ 13:02 [ref: 13328] |
| Ed Middleton Riverside (AFVW), CA | Writing my memoirs. As a kid my first flight was in a Curtis Condor flown by Clarence Chamberlain out of a cow pasture near the fairgrounds in Tulsa, OK about 1938 plus or minus a year. I have newpaper clippings of the airlines Condors with radial engines while Chamberlain's Condor had inline engines. The cowling was shaped like the engines may have been WWI Liberty's. USMC R4C's had radial engines also. Some pictures of Condors show inline engines where the cowling'a are pear shape. Were three different kinds of engins used in the Condor.
Ed Middleton USMC MSGT Naval Aviation Pilot. 12/14/2004 @ 05:49 [ref: 8862] |
| Robin Harland Belfast, BC | My uncle, Thomas Wells Harland (1881 - 1967)
of Staten Island NY reported that he flew in the inaugural flight of a commercial service of a Curtis Condor. Can you tell when that would have been? and where? He was a builder who built hangars for Curtis Wright in the 1930s. The previous year to that flight he had survived a crash in a Curtis Robin when attempting to fly from Detroit to Toledo in a Curtis Robin. The plane was hit on take-off by a westerly squall. The pilot chose to crash into a tree rather than the Detroit River. So they survived. 08/25/2004 @ 04:56 [ref: 8142] |
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