Curtiss Model F

"Curtiss Seagull" redirects here. For the scoutplane, see Curtiss SOC Seagull.
Model F
Role Utility flying boat
Manufacturer Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
Designer Glenn Curtiss
First flight 12 January 1912
Primary users United States Navy
Russian Navy
Italian Navy
Number built over 150

The Curtiss Models F made up a family of early flying boats developed in the United States in the years leading up to World War I. Widely produced, Model Fs saw service with the United States Navy under the designations C-2 through C-5, later reclassified to AB-2 through AB-5. Several examples were exported to Russia, and the type was built under license in Italy.

First successful flight of the Curtiss Flying Fish over Keuka Lake, July 1912.[1]
Marshall Earle Reid at Lake Keuka in his Curtiss seaplane, 1912. Note the step in the hull.
Gustave Maurice Heckscher in his Curtiss seaplane at 60 miles per hour, 1912.
  1. ^ "Prve lietjuce clny - Gakkel a Curtiss". LOJZOJAGO CAFE. lojzojago. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 10 June 2017.