The Curtiss NC, from Navy and Curtiss and nicknamed the Nancy boat, was a large biplane flying boat that Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company built for the United States Navy from 1918 into the early 1920s. Ten were built, the most famous being the NC-4, the first airplane to make a transatlantic flight. The Navy wanted aircraft for long ocean patrols against submarines that could also cross the Atlantic under their own power. Each was first planned with three 400 hp Liberty V12 engines, and a fourth was added in a pusher position on the centreline for extra lift-off power. The estimated top speed was 90 mph and range 1,500 miles, and the NC-4 is kept at the National Museum of Naval Aviation.
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is a flying boat built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
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used by the United States Navy from 1918 through the early 1920s
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used by the United States Navy from 1918 through the early 1920s
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is a flying boat built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
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three V12 Liberty engines, of 400 hp (298 kW) each
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