Curtiss Robin Links

This post is an experiment. For a while now, I have been tracking the activities and whereabouts of all Curtiss Robin airplanes manufactured between 1927 and 1930. Several surviving Robins are still in flying condition and several are in museums around the world. I hope this blog post can serve to share what I have found so that others having a common interest in these stately old airplanes can learn more about them. I am planning to update this occasionally as I try to provide web-links and photographs to all of the Curtiss Robins I can find.

photo Bonnie Kratz

Credit goes out to Jim Haynes for initially creating this list.

N-Number		C/n	Original Model	Present Engine	Name of owner(s)
7145		6	B	OX5	Antique Preservation Assn. Museum link 1, link 2
7946		7	B	OX5	Don Jones
7750		24	B	OX5	Ron Alexander link1
7912		38	B	OX5	Lee Andrews
76E		45	B	OX5	George Jenkins Link 1 Link 2
3115L		55	B	None	Fred Dexter
168E		76	B		David Baumbach
263E		116	B	Tank (V502)	Albert I. Stix,Sr. Link 1 Link 2
291 E.		116	B	OX5	Fred Dexter
292 E.		130	B	J6-5	Gunther Kalberer link 1, Link 2
315E		135	B	None	Tim Talen
8303		178	B	Lyc	Jerry C. Ross Link 1
8313		193	B	OX5	Henry Haigh
8337		210	Robin C (Special)	Challenger	Bob & June Blanton
8337		210	Robin C (Special)	Challenger	Dave Blanton
8332		213	B	OX5	Western AAA Museum
8333		215	B	OX5	John Barbery
8352		232	B	Papers	James Haynes
3277G		237	B	R670	David Mars
LV-FAV		248	B	Jacobs	Educ TAN Foundation R. Monsenhor Antonio Pepe
8397		270	B	None	Karl Bergey
9206		276	C-1	Challenger	Sandy Specht
9215		288	C-1	Challenger	Fred Dexter
9223		296	C-1	R680	John Cournoyer
9265		305	B	J6-5	Doug Corrigan Jr.
9250		312	C-1	Challenger	James Haynes
9265		329	B	OX5	San Diego Aerospace Museum link 1
9283		337	C-1	R670	Evergreen Aviation Museum link 1, link 2, link 3
G-HFBM		352	C-1	Challenger	David Flowshaw Link 1
12H		382	J1		KIJOWSKI THEODORE
45H		393	B	OX5	Al Holloway
50H		403	B	Tank(V-502)	EAA Aviation Foundation link 1
CF-ALZ		405	C-1	Challenger	Reynolds Aviation Museum Byron Reynolds link 1 Link 2, Link 3
64H		415	B	OX5	Jim Bloomer
59H		428	C-1	Challenger	Joe Erale link 1
82H		434	C-1	Challenger	John Bowden Link 1
74H		442	C-1	R670	John R. Seibold
76H		446	C-1	R670	Mrs Bob Piatt
3865B		469	C-1	Challenger	Yanks Air Museum
G-BTYY		475	C-2	R670	Robin Windus
VH-JUV		477	Unkn	J6-5	Geoff Davis link 1, Link 2
323J		480	C-2	R670	Fred Dexter Link 1
397K		489	B	)X5	Bob Hood
906		503	B	Ukn	Owner not identified
336K		506	C-1	Challenger	Jon Safranek
924K		511	B	OX5	Glen Curtiss Museum link 1
944W		529	B	OX5	Nick Pocock
374K		538	C-1	Challenger	Yanks Air Museum link 1, link 2
389K		550	C-1	Challenger	Fred Patterson III link 1 Link 2
395K		562	C-1	R670	Lane Tufts
917K		574	C-1	Challenger	Port Townsend Aero Museum link 1
622K		584	C-1	R670	Stan Gelvin Link 1
979K		628	C-1	J6-7	Museum of Flight link 1, link 2
987K		633	C-1	Challenger	William Hickle
988K		635	C-1	R670	Bob Colby link 1
745M		648	J-1	Papers	Ron Waldron
653M		656	C-1	OX5	Cradle of Aviation Museum Link 1
679R		679			Registration Pending
781M		682	C-1	J6-5	Richard W. Epton
511N		705	J-1	J6-5	Richard Pingrey link 1
517N		711	J-1	J6-5	Dick Fischer
563N		712	4C-1A	R670	Elizabeth Nichols Link 1
526N		723	J-1	J6-5	Smithsonian Institution link 1
532N		733	J-1	J6-5	Science Museum of Virginia Link 1 Link 2
534N		737	J-1	J6-5	Doug Wallbridge Link 1
5049		G-1	Robin	OX5	Dick Fischer

778M Museum of Flight Santa Monica, CA???
778M

Did you know there were so many Robins still around?


Other Robins no longer in existence as far as I know...
NC357E
N767M
NC339K
NC75H c/n 444


Random Curtiss Robin Links
Daviator
Airminded.net
Flickr