Lighter than air “ships” seems today a 19th Century heritage. However, airships played an important part of naval warfare both in WW1 and WW2. In between airships, the largest air-going vessels ever built like those for the USN (aircraft carrier at that), USS Akron and Macon, disappeared in accidents, but one category, until then used … Read more
The Curtiss Model H is a family of long-range patrol flying boats, most common ASW/SAR flying boats in WWI. The prototype was privately developed after 1913 £10,000 prize challenge by the Daily Mail for a first non-stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. It became a pioneer of early international commercial air travel, fuelling the birth … Read more
Curtiss Model N (1916) Naval Trainer – 560 built The Curtiss Model N was an early American trainer aircraft developed in the 1910s by the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, primarily used by the U.S. Navy. It played a significant role in the evolution of naval aviation training just before and during the early part … Read more
Naval Trainer – 200 built The Aeromarine 39 was an American two-seat training seaplane ordered by the US Navy in 1917. It was built by the Aeromarine Plane and Motor Co., Keyport, New Jersey. This conventional biplane was designed so that pontoons could be detached and replaced with wheeled undercarriage quicky. In all, 150 were … Read more
