Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation · New York city, Issued by the Department of education, Curtiss aeroplane and motor corporation · leaf 16
s is sixteenyears old; the flying boat eight or nine.But like Hercules in his cradle the newtype has proved a prodigy. In the racefor scientific achievement it has surpassedall models of aeroplanes and hydoaero-planes. Its story takes us back to 1908-09. TheAerial Experiment Association, a group… … and alighting on water as well as on land.In 1908 an interesting attempt was madewith the Loon,—the famous June Bug,first American machine to make a publicflight of a mile, fitted with pontoons—butthe attempt was not considered successful,though the machine seems to have left thewater for brief…
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