Category:Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer
The Curtiss No. 1 Golden Flyer also known as the Curtiss Gold Bug was a 1900s American early experimental aircraft, the first independent aircraft designed and built by Glenn Curtiss.
After his success with designing aircraft for the Aerial Experiment Association, Glenn Curtiss formed his own company, the Herring-Curtiss Company, in March 1909, in association with Augustus Herring. Earlier in the same month, the Aeronautical Society of New York had placed an order from Curtiss for a new aircraft. The Curtiss No. 1 was the first aircraft both designed and built by Glenn Curtiss. He flew the aircraft to win the Scientific American trophy (which he had won before in the AEA June Bug that he had designed). Encouraged by this success, Glenn Curtiss entered the aircraft into the first international air show to be held at Reims in France in August 1909. Before the international competition, the aircraft crashed and was badly damaged; Glenn Curtiss decided not to rebuild the aircraft and built a new aircraft, the Curtiss Reims Racer for the competition.
Specifications
This page lists all films that feature a variation of the Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer.
See also
Pages in category "Curtiss No.1 Golden Flyer"
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