About: Curtiss A-8

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The A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon. The Model 59 "Shrike" was designated XA-8 (the "Shrike" nickname was not officially adopted).

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rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Curtiss A-8
rdfs:comment	The A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon. The Model 59 "Shrike" was designated XA-8 (the "Shrike" nickname was not officially adopted).
sameAs	dbr:Curtiss_A-8
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loaded weight main	5888.0
Guns	4 × forward-firing 0.3 in M1919 Browning machine guns were mounted in the wheel fairings 1 × 0.3 in machine gun mounted in the observer's cockpit for rear defense
climb rate main	1325.0
number of props	1(xsd:integer)
length alt	10.00 m
span main	1341.1200000000001
Produced	13(xsd:integer)
cruise speed main	153.0
cruise speed alt	133(xsd:integer)
height alt	2.74 m
Introduced	April 1932
primary user	dbkwik:resource/UPJtlcWVUcV0-cbWpV-WBA==
Type	Attack
type of prop	Vee
range alt	417(xsd:integer)
length main	1000.76
power alt	447.0
area main	256.0
power main	600.0
bombs	Up to 4 × 100 lb bombs carried under the wings or up to 10 × 30 lb fragmentation bombs in fuselage chutes either side of the main fuel tank
height main	274.32
span alt	13.41 m
range main	480.0
Manufacturer	dbkwik:resource/wIgJIKaGoa_e1pfv5fZ5vA==
max speed main	183.0
engine (prop)	Curtiss V-1570-31 Conqueror
climb rate alt	6.7
ceiling main	18100.0
empty weight main	3910.0
loaded weight alt	2676.0
area alt	23.78
First Flight	June 1931
max speed alt	159(xsd:integer)
jet or prop?	prop
empty weight alt	1777.0
plane or copter?	plane
ceiling alt	5,500 m
variants with their own articles	dbkwik:resource/fDXrMWkFOixx6ZJD-BWwaA== dbkwik:resource/FT3BSDr-6dSGWDeo2mQoHg==
Crew	Two
Designer	Don Berlin
ref	Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947
abstract	The A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon. The Model 59 "Shrike" was designated XA-8 (the "Shrike" nickname was not officially adopted).

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