Curtiss-Wright CW-12

CW-12 Sport Trainer and CW-16 Light Sport
Curtiss-Wright Travel Air CW-12W (built 2009)
Role	Civil trainer
Manufacturer	Curtiss-Wright
First flight	1931
Status	Some airworthy in 2009
Primary user	Private owners
Number built	63

The Curtiss-Wright CW-12 Sport Trainer and CW-16 Light Sport (also marketed under the Travel Air brand that Curtiss-Wright had recently acquired) were high-performance training aircraft designed by Herbert Rawdon and Ted Wells and built in the United States in the early 1930s.

The CW-12 and CW-16 shared the same basic design as conventional single-bay biplanes with staggered wings braced with N-struts. The pilot and instructor sat in tandem, open cockpits, the forward cockpit of the CW-12 having a single seat, while the CW-16's forward cockpit could seat two passengers side-by-side. Both versions of the aircraft were available in a variety of engine choices, and some CW-16s were exported as trainers to the air forces of Bolivia and Ecuador.

Civil owners in USA and United Kingdom

Data from Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947

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