This company is showing a Canadian-Curtiss training-plane, such as used by the Royal Flying Corps for instruction in Canada and England.
A number of Curtiss OX-5 100 horse-power engines are also on display, together with other equipment, which the company has purchased from the Imperial Munitions Board of Canada.
United States Army
Langley Experimental Flying-Machine
The model of the Langley aeroplane is a copy of the original Langley Flying-Machine which is now in the United States National Museum at Washington, D. C. This machine made the first successful flight by heavier-than-air machine driven by its own power. The machine was launched May 6, 1896, at Quantico, Va. It rose to a height of 70 to 100 feet, and travelled half a mile at 20 to 25 M.P.H., with propellers revolving at 1,500 R. P. M.
The total weight of the machine is 26 pounds. It is driven by a single-cylinder engine, using gasoline as fuel.
Foreign Aeroplanes
Among the foreign aeroplanes sent to the aero show by the War Department are the French Spad, French Nieuport, British SEV, and a German Albatross D11.
The Spad is a single-seater scout, with a Hispano-Suiza engine.
The Nieuport Single-Seater is equipped with a rotary Gnome engine.