Curtiss Pusher - Kermie Cam 

Charlie Cowling Your great uncle fighted in the World War I?

I guess it had to be pretty easy to fly, because the only way you'd get to learn it, would be to survive the first time ;)

With a little modern technology and the old fashioned things work a little better

Just kiddin'

+97ABDE how bout an F-22 Raptor lol

Abel Aguirre i was talking about de canards lol

Rudder, ailerons, elevator, wings, thrust. You're right!

Probably maple right, but it could easily be made out of bamboo too.

Bubbmann speaking of a lumber store I do believe, he has a DH MOSQUITO, aka 'the bamboo bomber ' all wooden, but they had to re arrange the exhausts, of the v12 merlins,as the last 2 -4 exhausts, were BURNING THE WOOD !

SearTrip This Plane was made by Glenn Curtiss the man who had to fight the fucking BS Wright Brothers since they patented the plane so basically Glenn would give you a 🖕 but I am not the one who would do it

there aren't many "systems" to explain lol

"This is the engine, it goes vroom, and this stick controls the up/down, this wheel and this stick controls side-to-side and roll. This is my beard, and the frequency with which it slaps at my cheeks tells me my approximate airspeed. Okay that was all, now let's fly!"

Ulf Holmström gjelderwww

The video of his very first flight after acquiring this Curtiss Pusher was only about a minute long and he mentioned that he wasn't taking a chance with the crosswinds that were blowing that day and he set it down almost immediately. He noted that with the Curtiss the pilot has to be "on" all the time. The craft has no dihedral and no trim adjustment. Even in good conditions your arms would have to feel about 100 lbs a piece after flying this thing. What a wonderful aircraft and very stable as compared to the French Antionettes and Bleriots. However, the French Farman 3 was a similar craft and just as stable, dating also from around 1908/09.

+Craig Kirkpatrick "Admired the airspeed and turn-and-bank indicators  :-)" I didn't see those... Apparently, they used to tie a shoelace to a flying wire or strut some place in comfortable field of view, and it used to provide info about airspeed, angle of attack, slip and turn & bank... and also whether you were a good boy scout... [edit] In fact, I hear some people who fly ultalights today, do exactly the same thing...

I have a couple of clips on my channel. Start with this one . . . ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xRwSKmFoFa8.html

The Curtiss takes off and lands at Kermit Weeks Fantasy of Flight attraction in Polk City Florida. It flies around the area surrounding Fantasy of Flight, where there is a community with a private landing field.

Look for the other Curtiss Pusher clips on my channel.

Simple air speed indicator

Aerial reconnaissance.

Reconissance

Yeah! The F-35 couldn't slow down enough to engage it!

+tamebee1 There are plenty of pictures and videos of what this plane looks like sitting on the ground but this is the only one I have found of it flying from the pilots perspective.