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Property	Value
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).
owl: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
length alt	10.00 m
span main	1341.1200000000001
Produced	13
cruise speed main	153.0
cruise speed alt	133
height alt	2.74 m
Introduced	April 1932
primary user	dbkwik:resource/UPJtlcWVUcV0-cbWpV-WBA==
Type	Attack
type of prop	Vee
range alt	417
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
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).