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Real Photo Curtiss Seaplane America Flying Boat At Hammondsport NY RP N321 For Sale
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Real Photo Curtiss Seaplane America Flying Boat At Hammondsport NY RP N321:
$55.99
Here is a nice old RPPC Real Photo Post Card for your collection!
This card comes from a 40 year collection of fine postcards including RP's. Hold To Lights, Halloween postcards, Expositions, better Santa's and much more! Check out the others in my store and stop back often for new listings!
This postcard shows a super view of an early flying boat or seaplane! It flies over the water with hills in the background. The card front is printed and readsCurtis Flying Boat.The card front is also embossed and reads H.M. Benner Hammondsport NY.
In 1914, Curtiss built the America, the first two-engine flying boat. The aircraft were used extensively for antisubmarine patrol.The three crew members were accommodated in a fully enclosed cabin.Named Americaand launched 22 June 1914, trials began the following day and soon revealed a serious shortcoming in the design: the tendency for the nose of the aircraft to try to submerge as engine power increased whiletaxiing on water. This phenomenon had not been encountered before, since Curtiss' earlier designs had not used such powerful engines. In order to counteract this effect, Curtiss fittedfinsto the sides of the bow to add hydrodynamic lift, but soon replaced these withsponsonsto add more buoyancy. Both prototypes, once fitted with sponsons, were then calledModel H-2s incrementally updated alternating in succession. These sponsons would remain a prominent feature of flying boat hull design in the decades to follow. With the problem resolved, preparations for the transatlantic crossing resumed, and 5 August 1914 was selected to take advantage of thefull moon.
The card back is divided and is postmarked. Condition is good to very good as shown. Guaranteed vintage and original. The watermark is not on the postcard you are buying here.All of our cards are shipped safely inside a rigid postcard mailer.
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