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Curtiss 18
The Curtiss 18T, unofficially known as the Wasp and by the United States Navy as the Kirkham,〔(PART 2 Test of Strength 19171919 ) Retrieved: 13 January 2011.〕 was an early American triplane fighter aircraft designed by Curtiss Engineering for the US Navy. ==Design and development== The Curtiss 18T was intended to protect bombing squads along the French coast, and a primary requisite for this job was speed. Speed was not the triplane's only salient feature: an 18T-2 set a new altitude record in 1919 of .〔(''Naval investigation, hearings before the subcommittee of the Committee on Naval Affairs.'' ) Washington: United States Senate, 66th Congress, 2d session, 1921. Retrieved: 13 January 2011.〕 The streamlined and very "clean" fuselage contributed to the aircraft's performance. The basic construction was based on cross-laminated strips of wood veneer formed on a mold and attached to the inner structure. The technique was a refinement of that used on the big Curtiss flying boats.〔("Curtiss # to J." ) ''aerofiles.com.'' Retrieved: 13 January 2011.〕
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