The Curtiss No. 1, also known as the Gold Bug or the Golden Flyer, was the first aircraft that Glenn Curtiss both designed and built himself, after his work on aircraft for the Aerial Experiment Association. He built it in 1909 for the Aeronautical Society of New York, soon after forming the Herring-Curtiss Company with Augustus Herring. A pusher biplane about 9.25 metres long with a 25 to 30 hp four-cylinder in-line water-cooled engine, it flew at the Society's Morris Park Aerodrome in June 1909 and won the Scientific American trophy. Entered for the Reims air meeting in August, it crashed beforehand, and Curtiss built the Reims Racer instead rather than repair it.
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Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Curtiss No. 1 was the first aircraft both designed and built by Curtiss.
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a 1900s American early experimental aircraft
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Curtiss flew the aircraft at the Society's Morris Park Aerodrome exhibition in June 1909
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American early experimental aircraft
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4-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine
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Maximum speed: 45 mph (72 km/h, 39 kn)
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The Curtiss No. 1 was the first aircraft both designed and built by Curtiss.
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a 1900s American early experimental aircraft
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