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"Headed" Model D at the College Park Air Museum "Headless" Model D replica at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. A number of Curtiss Pusher original and reproduction aircraft exist, and reproductions of the design date as far back to the era when the original aircraft was in production, mostly built by private parties.
Data from EAA., Air Trails Summer 1971 General characteristics Crew: 1 Length: 17 ft (5.2 m) Wingspan: 21 ft (6.4 m) Height: 7 ft (2.1 m) Wing area: 140 sq ft (13 m 2) Empty weight: 600 lb (272 kg) Gross weight: 950 lb (431 kg) Fuel capacity: 10 gal Powerplant: 1 × Continental A-65 horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine, 65 hp (48 kW) Propellers: 2-bladed Performance Maximum speed: 65 kn ...
Curtiss No. 1 1909 Golden Flyer biplane, 1 built; Curtiss No. 2 1909 Reims racer biplane, 1 built; Curtiss Model D 1911 biplane, 1 seat; Curtiss Model E 1911 biplane floatplane, 17+ built; Curtiss Autoplane 1917 (hops only) roadable aircraft, 1 built; de Schelde Scheldemusch 1935 1 seat biplane trainer, 6 built; de Schelde S.21 fighter mockup ...
A pusher aircraft is a type of aircraft using propellers placed behind the engines. Pushers may be classified according to lifting surfaces layout (conventional or 3 surface, canard, joined wing, tailless and rotorcraft) as well as engine/propeller location and drive. For historical interest, pusher aircraft are also classified by date.
The rubber-powered "Planophore", designed by Alphonse Pénaud in 1871, was an early successful model aircraft with a pusher propeller. Many early aircraft (especially biplanes) were "pushers", including the Wright Flyer (1903), the Santos-Dumont 14-bis (1906), the Voisin-Farman I (1907), and the Curtiss Model D used by Eugene Ely for the first ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Consolidated Model 35 six-engine tandem tractor/pusher bomber design, ... Curtiss Model D; Curtiss Model E; Curtiss EC-1 Scout ...
Today's NYT Connections puzzle for Monday, January 13, 2025The New York Times
On July 5, 1929, Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company together with 11 other Wright and Curtiss affiliated companies merged to become the Curtiss-Wright Corporation. One of the last projects started by Curtiss Aeroplane was the ambitious Curtiss-Bleecker SX-5-1 Helicopter , a design that had propellers located midpoint on each of the four large ...