Illustrative image; it may differ from the actual aircraft.

Curtiss Kingbird D-2

KINGBIRD-2003Scrapped

RegistrationCRTI-8

EAOperatorEastern Air Transport

1operators

0incidents

0accidents

0logbook years

0photos

Curtiss Kingbird D-2. Operated for Eastern Air Transport. Scrapped.

Vuelopedia is a work in progress: it currently holds about 30% of the information we expect to have by the third quarter of 2027. Although we use only official, highly reliable sources, some aircraft data and history may still contain errors or inaccuracies. We work hard to clear every anomaly from the records using specialized verification tools.

Technical data

ManufacturerCurtiss

Country of registrationCosta Rica

MSN2003

VerificationPending check against the official civil register

The model · Curtiss Kingbird

Figures for the Kingbird D-2 variant, the most representative of the family

Length10.5 m34 ft

Wingspan16.6 m54 ft

Height3.1 m10 ft

Range668 km361 NMWith a typical passenger load

Cruise speed180 km/h97 ktMach 0.17

Service ceiling4,877 m16,001 ft

Maximum take-off weight2,774 kg6,116 lb

Maximum payload1,015 kg2,238 lbIts 7 passengers with baggage would weigh about 0.7 t; the rest is fuel and cargo

Typical capacity7 passengers

Endurance3 h 43 minAt cruise speed, non-stop

The type first flew in 1929 (97 years ago) · About 19 units built · Production ended in 1931

Figures for the type, not for this particular aircraft: each variant and each configuration changes something. They are shown in both systems used in aviation.

The full story of the Curtiss Kingbird Compare this aircraft

Flight logbook

Under research

Aircraft chronology

Sep 1, 1930

Delivered to Eastern Air Transport

Delivered to Eastern Air Transport as NC588N.

Operators

1930-09-01

Eastern Air Transport

Registration NC588N

Memories coming soon

The register of memories is not open on this aircraft yet. We are enabling it gradually, record by record, as we consolidate each aircraft's information.

Before opening it we check the aircraft identity — its registration, its serial number and its model — against the civil register of the authority that registered it, so that every memory belongs to the exact aircraft that lived it. When that work reaches this record, the register will open here.

Cite

To cite this page in academic work, an article or Wikipedia, choose the style and copy the reference. The access date is today.

This page was last updated on October 10, 2026

APA

Vuelopedia. (2026, October 10). Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003

MLA

“Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport.” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 10 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

Chicago

Vuelopedia. “Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport.” Fundación Poderia. Last modified October 10, 2026. https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003.

Harvard

Vuelopedia (2026) Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport. Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003 (Accessed: 17 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{vuelopedia_en_aircraft_kingbird_2003,
  author       = {{Vuelopedia}},
  title        = {{Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport}},
  publisher    = {Fundación Poderia},
  year         = {2026},
  date         = {2026-10-10},
  url          = {https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003},
  howpublished = {\url{https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003}},
  urldate      = {2026-10-17},
  note         = {Accessed 2026-10-17}
}

Wikipedia

{{cite web |url=https://vuelopedia.org/en/aircraft/KINGBIRD-2003 |title=Curtiss Kingbird D-2 · TI-8 · Eastern Air Transport |website=Vuelopedia |publisher=Fundación Poderia |date=2026-10-10 |access-date=2026-10-17 |language=en}}