Curtiss CT

The Curtiss CT-1, also called the Curtiss Model 24, was a twin-engined torpedo bomber on floats that first flew in 1921. The United States Navy wanted a twin floatplane that could be sled launched, crane recovered, and broken down for shipboard storage, and Curtiss competed with Stout, Fokker and Blackburn designs. It had twin booms, twin tails, twin floats and a single cockpit, a turret high behind the pilot, and strutless cantilever wings with three spars, the fuselage a welded tube frame with aluminium skin. Curtiss won a contract for nine on 30 June 1920, but the order was cancelled and one prototype was built. Its engines overheated and could fly only 20 minutes at a time.