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Curtiss D-III Headless Pusher

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pusher biplane with one 50-horsepower Curtiss V-8 engine. Fabric covered surfaces light yellow. Struts and landing ...
The Columbian

Clark County history: Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest

Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest, possibly the country. In 1995, the antique airplane pilot and mechanic flew the plane, also known as the Curtiss Model D, ...
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'What a woman can do': Ruth Law's record-breaking long-distance flight landed in Hornell

On Nov. 19, 1916, Ruth Law climbed into her already-obsolete Curtiss pusher biplane and took off from Chicago. Six hours (and 590 miles) later she touched down at the fairgrounds in Hornell, ...
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Voisin Type 8

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Single-engine, two-seat French World War I pusher biplane bomber aircraft; 220 horsepower Peugeot 8Aa engine. Silver ...
The Gazette

Museum to remember local daredevil pilot on National Aviation Day

A model of Eugene Ely's plane is part of an exhibit of the flight pioneer at the Iowa County Pioneer Museum in Marengo. (Winona Whitaker/Hometown Current) Buy Photo MARENGO — The Iowa County ...