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Curtiss Modified Model L, V-8 Engine, Circa 1910. Creator: Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.

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Curtiss was one of the most successful early American aircraft engine manufacturers. The first Curtiss engines were air cooled but, to achieve higher power, Curtiss began to develop liquid-cooled engines. Historical evidence suggests that this Model L artifact was one of two higher-performance engines built by Curtiss for his experimental monoplane that was shown, but not flown, at the 1910 Gordon Bennett Race held at Belmont Park, N.Y. Both engines were later assigned to Eugene Ely, a pilot for Curtiss, who used them in exhibition and demonstration flights. It is likely that one of those engines powered the aircraft which crashed in 1912 at Macon, Georgia, killing Ely. Continued evolution of the Curtiss V-8 engine led to the OX-5, of which more than 10,000 were produced by the end of World War I in 1918. The U.S. government sold thousands of these to the public as surplus at a fraction of their original cost.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_030

Model release

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Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

105,5Mo (3,5Mo) / 55,9cm x 47,3cm / 6600 x 5588 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation close up education country metal flight steel color aircraft brass location century experimental engine image aviation studio shot close-up air Transport United States of America Colour Smithsonian Institution monoplane black background National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 1910s 20th century air and space museum V-8 American America USA propulsion scientific institution V8 object united states steel brass Heritage Art Ely NASM PROPULSION-Reciprocating & Rotary Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company Glenn H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company Curtiss Eugene Burton Ely Eugene Burton Eugene B Ely Eugene Ely Steel Preservative coating Paint Aluminum Brass Model L