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.
Development
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.
Variants
CW-12
CW-12K - version powered by 125 hp (93 kW)
Kinner K-5 engine. Two built.[1]
CW-12Q - version powered by 90 hp (67 kW) Wright-built
de Havilland Gipsy. 26 built.[1]
CW-12W - version powered by 110 hp (82 kW)
Warner Scarab. 12 built[1] + 1 replica