OLD RHINEBECK AERODROME

Curtiss OX-5

Country: Buffalo, NY  U.S.A
Year: 1910
Horsepower: 90
R.P.M.: 1400
Weight: 320 lbs. (dry)
Displacement: 503 cu. in.
Configuration: V-8 liquid cooled
Used in: Curtiss Jenny, Waco 
10, Curtiss Robin

When the OX-5 went into full-scale production in 1917, it was already considered obsolete.  Despite its shortcomings it became the mainstay of the American training while used in the popular Curtiss Jenny.  It was used in new production aircraft as late as 1930.

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