Aircraft Photo of NR310E | Curtiss Falcon Mailplane | AirHistory.net #154746
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NR310E
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss Falcon
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss Falcon
Aircraft Version:Curtiss Falcon Mailplane
C/n (msn):6
Location
City / Airport:Utrecht - SoesterbergMap
Country:Netherlands
Airport Codes:ICAO: EHSB   IATA: UTC   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:July 1930
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 154746
Photo Comment

The Curtiss Falcon biplane family included the O-1, O-11 and A-3 of the US Army and the naval F8C / OC /O2C. The Falcon Mailplane was normally a single-seater but is seen here being demonstrated to the Dutch military as a two-seater. Several Curtiss planes were demonstrated at Rotterdam on 8 July 1930 and this visit to Soesterberg likely took place in the same month. The Curtiss Hawk fighter was selling to the Netherlands East Indies army which felt that it was much more reliable than the Fokker biplanes, and the Falcon does look sturdier than the Fokker C.V 320, on the right. Photo from: Nederlands Instituut voor Militaire Historie

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