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Seamew Paper Model Airplane

The Curtiss SO3C-1 Seamew was a two-seat reconnaissance aircraft developed by the US Navy and sold to Great Britain under Lend-Lease. It had additional bomb racks and arrestor gear for carrier operations. While intended for catapult launch on Royal Navy ships, it never saw operational service. The 250 aircraft ordered were used primarily for training in Canada and the last aircraft served until 1945.
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Seamew Paper Model Airplane

The Curtiss SO3C-1 Seamew was a two-seat reconnaissance aircraft developed by the US Navy and sold to Great Britain under Lend-Lease. It had additional bomb racks and arrestor gear for carrier operations. While intended for catapult launch on Royal Navy ships, it never saw operational service. The 250 aircraft ordered were used primarily for training in Canada and the last aircraft served until 1945.
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The Curtiss SO3C-1 Seamew was a two-seat


reconnaissance aircraft developed by the US Navy and Manufacturer:.........................Curtiss
Designation System: ..............U.S. Navy / Marines
were sold to Great Britain under Lend-Lease. It was
Designation Period:................1934-1946
originally called the Seagull in the States but following the Basic role: ..............................Scout Observation
naming of the "Seamew" by the FAA it was later also Crew:......................................Pilot & Observer
adopted by the USN. The original SO3C-2 Lend-Lease
version delivered to the FAA had additional bomb rack Specifications
under fuselage and arrester gear as well as other Length:.........................35' 8" (10.8 m)
refinements over USN versions. The next version was the Height: .........................14' 2"(4.3 m)
Wingspan: ....................38' (11.5 m)
Seamew 1, the FAA equivalent of SO3-2C. 250 lend-lease Wingarea:.....................293.0 sq ft(27.2 sq m)
aircraft were ordered for the FAA. While the Seamew was Empty Weight:.............4,800 lb (2,176 kg)
intended for catapult launch on the Royal Navy's ships, it Gross Weight: ..............7,000 lb (3,174 kg)
never saw operational service. Many of the first aircraft
were initially transferred from Roosevelt Field in March Propulsion
1943 to TOC 1 NAGS Yarmouth and on to the RN January No. of Engines:......................1
Powerplant: ...........................Ranger V-770-8
1944 for shipping amongst others to Worthy Down. Since
Horsepower (each): ...............600
the type was not a great success it was declared obsolete Performance
and scrapped from September 1944 onwards. The aircraft Range: ...................................1,150 miles (1,851 km)
was relegated to second line squadron usage and the Cruise Speed: ........................125 mph (201 km/h)
majority of the aircraft were used to train TAG's in Canada. Max Speed:............................172 mph (276 km/h)
The last aircraft in the RN served until 1945. In addition to Climb:....................................720 ft/min (219 m/min)
Ceiling:..................................15,800 ft (4,815 m)
the Curtiss SO3C-1 Seamew there was the Queen Seamew,
which was the FAA equivalent of SO3-1K; 30 were
ordered under lend-lease. Ordered under Requisition No.
BAC/N-1-857. Cancelled. Intended delivery of 30 target
drone conversions never materialised.Remaining at
Roosevelt Field, before converstion to RN Queen
Seamews
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