The Curtiss HS was a single-engined patrol flying boat built for the United States Navy during World War I . Large numbers were built from 1917 to 1919, with the type being used to carry out anti-submarine patrols from bases in France from June 1918. It remained in use with the US Navy until 1928, and was also widely used as a civil passenger and utility aircraft.
15-535: HS3 or HS-3 may refer to: Transport [ edit ] Curtiss HS-3 , a patrol flying boat built for the United States Navy during World War I Helicopter Antisubmarine Squadron 3, a United States Navy unit renamed to HSC-9 in 2009 (Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 9) High Speed 3: a proposal to improve rail links in northern England now called Northern Powerhouse Rail Other uses [ edit ] HS3,
30-609: A part of the British HS postcode area 2008 HS3 , an asteroid [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HS3&oldid=1091266853 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
45-529: A patrol aircraft and a trainer until 1928. Following the Armistice, eleven HSs passed into US Coast Guard service, remaining in service until 1926. As many as 83 HS boats were used by the United States Army Air Service for communications and survey purposes from overseas bases, although they were not given US Army serial numbers. Surplus HSs were also widely exported. Amongst Military users
60-554: A single-engined aircraft powered by a 200 hp (149 kW) Curtiss V-X-X engine, also in a pusher configuration, during 1917, being redesignated as the Curtiss HS-1 (for H model with single engine). The prototype was re-engined for use as a testbed for the new Liberty 12 engine, becoming the HS-1L , flying in this form on 21 October 1917. While Curtiss's V-X-X engine proved to be inadequate, as it did in its larger Model H cousins,
75-499: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Curtiss HS-3 In late 1916, the Curtiss Aeroplane Company produced a new twin-engined flying boat , which was smaller than both the current Curtiss H-12 being built for Britain's Royal Naval Air Service and the earlier Curtiss H-4, with the new design given the factory designation Model H-14 , although its design
90-714: The Armistice , the HS boats based in Europe were scrapped apart from four aircraft based in the Azores, which were acquired by Portugal, while the US Naval Air Service shrank considerably, with many Naval Air Stations closing, resulting in considerable numbers of HS boats becoming surplus to requirements and available for sale at $ 200 to $ 500 without engines. HS-2Ls continued in use by the US Navy as
105-603: The Liberty proved more suitable, and large orders were placed by the US Navy for the HS-1L. The HS-1 was armed with two 180 lb (80 kg) depth bombs, but it was found that these bombs were too small. In order to carry more powerful 230 lb (100 kg) bombs, Curtiss produced an increased-span version, the HS-2 with span increased by 12 ft (3.66 m) and an additional set of interplane struts , giving four-bay wings rather than
120-674: The US Navy from spare parts postwar. The HS-1L began to enter service early in 1918, flying anti-submarine patrols from a number of Naval Air Stations on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, and from the Panama Canal Zone . Two HS-1Ls operating from Chatham, Massachusetts , made the only confirmed aircraft attack on a German U-boat in American waters on July 21, 1918, but this was unsuccessful, with bombs failing to explode and
135-492: The United States. Lowe arranged the majority of the financing, while Fowler recruited Willard. Fowler and Willard departed the company shortly afterwards in 1916 and Lowe renamed the firm the L-W-F Engineering Company ." After their departure from the company, the companies initials were repurposed to refer either to either Laminated Wood Fuselage or Linen, Wire and Fabric . The company was reorganized after Lowe
150-538: The submarine escaping. From August 1918, in order to compensate for Canada's lack of patrol aircraft, US Navy HSs operated from two bases in Nova Scotia . Twelve HS-2Ls were donated to Canada at the end of the war. Large numbers of HS boats were also used by US Navy forces in France, with deliveries starting on May 24, 1918, flying their first patrols on June 13. About 160 HS-1Ls and -2Ls were deployed to France. Following
165-716: The three-bay wings of the HS-1L. Again, Curtiss specified one of their own engines, and again, the Navy substituted this with the Liberty engine in the definitive HS-2L . The HS-3 was a further improved version with a new, wider, flat-sided hull, that eliminated the typical Curtiss sponsons. The end of the war brought an end to plans to mass-produce this version, only six being built. The HS-1L and -2L were built in vast quantities: 675 by Curtiss themselves, and nearly as many again by various contractors that included L-W-F (250), Standard (80), Gallaudet Aircraft Company (60), Boeing (25) and Loughead (2). A further 25 were assembled by
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#1732843974674180-782: Was Brazil, who received six aircraft in 1918. Two HS-2Ls were used in an attempt to bomb the rebel held Forte de Copacabana during the 1922 Tenente revolt . Many were used in Canada as the first bush plane. One survives in the Canada Aviation Museum in Ottawa after being rescued from Foss Lake, Ontario. Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947 General characteristics Performance Armament Related development Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Lowe, Willard %26 Fowler Engineering Company The Lowe, Willard & Fowler Engineering Company
195-546: Was a College Point, New York City based manufacturer of airplanes founded in December 1915 named for its founders, Edward Lowe Jr., Charles F. Willard , and Robert G. Fowler , Willard had been previously employed by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company and Aeromarine and had developed a technique for molding laminated wood to form a monocoque fuselage while Fowler had been the first person to fly west-to-east across
210-569: Was forced out by company backers in 1917. Aside from its own designs, of which only the model V and its derivatives , and the J-2 (a US Dehavilland DH-4 modified into a twin engine aircraft) saw series production, LWF built the Curtiss HS-2L , Martin NBS-1 and Douglas DT-2 under licence, and they modified 63 US Dehavilland DH-4As into DH-4Bs. Following the reduction or cancellation of orders following
225-512: Was unrelated to earlier Model H variants. The H-14 was a conventional unequal-span, unstaggered biplane, powered by two 100 hp (75 kW) pusher Curtiss OXX engines mounted between the wings. An order for 16 was placed by the United States Army before the prototype flew, but the prototype was disappointing and the US Army cancelled its order for H-14s. The prototype was converted to
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