The Curtiss SO3C Seagull/Seamew: The Reluctant Dragon

by Steve Ginter

In early 1937, Curtiss and Vought, the Navy's two pre-war suppliers of fleet catapult scout floatplanes, were asked to submit bids for a high-speed replacement of the very successful SOC Seagull series. Navy design number 403 called for a mid-wing monoplane with a crew of two seated in tandem. The removable centerline float and outer wing floats could be replaced with optional fuselage-mounted landing gear. Because of cruiser and battleship deck and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0942612477
• ISBN13: 9780942612479
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Ginter Books
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.4" x 10.9"