Wright Model H

The Wright Model H was an enclosed-fuselage biplane that the Wright Company built from 1914, a direct development of the Model F that introduced side-by-side seating for two pilots and used long three-bay wings like the F. The engine was fully enclosed in the nose with a driveshaft running back to the chain drive of the two pusher propellers, and the aircraft had twin rudders. A short-span version, the Model HS of 1915, was marketed as a Military Flyer with an enclosed fuselage and dual controls; its shorter wings gave it more speed, a quoted top speed of 70 miles per hour and a climb of 400 feet per minute. The Model H could carry over 1,000 pounds, and the HS was the last Wright pusher and the last Wright aircraft with a double rudder. Howard Rinehart bought a Model HS for Pancho Villa, whose small air force it joined.