Keywords: Curtiss F4C 1924.jpg A U S Navy Curtiss F4C-1 BuNo A-6689 the fist of two built The F4C was an all-metal version of the Naval Aircraft Factory TS-1 which was produced by Curtiss as the FC-1 The F4C-1 first flew on 4 September 1924 Its wings had tubular spars and stamped dural ribs the fuselage was constructed of dural tubing in a Warren truss form Compared to the TS-1 the lower wing was raised to the base of the fuselage The F4C-1 was armed with two 7 62 mm machine guns and was powered by a 200 hp nine-cylinder Wright J-3 radial LOC-image ggbain 37648 1924 Bain News Service PD-Bain frame removed PD-USGov Naval Aircraft Factory TS Curtiss F4C |