ilplane floatedin the air, held by the cord. At the end Curtiss cut looseand sailed to the hangar. A second test held more re-cently with slightly more favorable wind conditions re-sulted in approximately the same flight duration. The Curtiss sailplane is a miniature N.C. boat, whichmay be… … 13 ft. 2% in. long, 30 in. beam. The hull is made ofduralumin and the glider is designed to fly at 20 m.p.h. The shoulder .system of control used in the sailplanedates back to Curtisss earliest flying days, for it wa.«.connected with the Aerial Experiment Association, whichincluded such prominent…
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