Northwest Airlines was founded on August 1, 1926, flying a Curtiss Oriole and a Thomas Morse Biplane on the CAM-9 Airmail route from Minneapolis to Chicago.

[3] Admiral Byrd selected a Curtiss Oriole as second aircraft for his 1926 Arctic Expedition to the North Pole with a Fokker F.VII.

The New York times reported (falsely) that the Oriole was shipped on the steamer Chantier in case the Fokker was unavailable.

Igor Sikorsky offered a kit to replace the lower wings with a smaller pair with less drag-producing struts and wires.

[6] The Ireland Comet was a rebuilt Curtiss Oriole with new flying surfaces, including a single-bay high-lift wing.