The Curtiss GS was a pair of similar scout floatplanes that Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company designed and built for the United States Navy. In 1917 the Navy ordered five scouts, named GS for Gnome Scout after the French-built 100 hp Gnome rotary engine that powered them. The GS was a biplane with a central float and a stabiliser float at each end of the lower wing. A sixth aircraft was ordered as a triplane and designated GS-1, and the original biplane was retrospectively called the GS-2. They were delivered in 1918, and little else is known of the type except that the GS-1 was destroyed in a landing accident on 1 April 1918.
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designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy
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Although they were delivered to the Navy in 1918
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The Curtiss GS aircraft were two types of similar scout aircraft
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the French-built 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome rotary engine used to power the aircraft
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the French-built 100 hp (75 kW) Gnome rotary engine used to power the aircraft
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designed and built by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company for the United States Navy
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