Curtiss C-1 Canada

The Curtiss C-1 Canada was a twin-engined First World War bomber that Curtiss of America designed in 1915, based on its Model H flying boat, to be built by its Canadian subsidiary in Toronto for the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Flying Corps, which gave it the name Curtiss Canada. It had unequal-span biplane wings, a long nacelle with two gunners in the nose and the pilot alone behind the wings, twin tailbooms with a third lower boom, and a Sperry stabilizer as an early autopilot. The prototype first flew on 3 September 1915 on two 90 hp Curtiss OX-5 engines. Although large orders were placed, only twelve were built, and the type lost out to more capable aircraft such as the Handley Page O/100.