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Страна: США

Год: 1909

P.Bowers Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 (Putnam)

Miscellaneous Aeroplanes, 1910-14

   In addition to the principal pusher and flying-boat designs, Curtiss produced others within this period. While not all were designed by Curtiss, their construction provided additional experience.

Pfitzner Monoplane. Late in 1909, Alexander L. Pfitzner, who occasionally helped Curtiss with powerplant problems, undertook the building of a monoplane of his own design in the Curtiss shops at his own expense, although Curtiss employees built some of the parts. While it owed much to the layout of the contemporary Curtiss biplane, it had one unique feature. Mindful of the Wrights, Pfitzner achieved lateral control by means of telescoping wingtips, extending one tip to increase the lift on that side.
   Pfitzner's monoplane was barely successful, flying on 21 December, 1909, but it did earn him the distinction of flying the first American monoplane.

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  • P.Bowers Curtiss Aircraft 1907-1947 (Putnam)
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