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Click on photo for larger picture. This is the military version built from old US Navy plans, Curtiss design of course. Engine warm up, restrained with rope. More on the flight by Jim Poel pilot at www.republicseabee.com/A1_Triad.html
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| Trials day one.
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| Short clip (2 meg) of A-1 in waters of Keuka Lake.
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| Art Wilder man behind construction.
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| This little movie clip is of an OX-5 engine test after moving the disassembled and reassembled plane. This is a 7.5 meg file
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This is a 15 megabyte file. More testing, this one a higher RPM. This may take some time to load in your computer, replay it in a bit after it downloads.
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| Begin takeoff
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| Full power.
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| Building speed
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| Building speed.
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| Flying speed approx. 45 mph
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Allmost airborne
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| This is the same photo as the previous only cropped and light adjusted.
This photo shows the control surfaces and their positions, including the canard wing. Jim Poel says he was starting to level off at this point.
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| Airborn. Prop wash visable on water.
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| Beginning to land.
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| Returning Triad A-1
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Jim Poel leaning to the right showing control surface on his left being actuated.
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| Triad A-1
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| OX5 engine power off
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| Pulling the Triad A-1 from water after flight. Jim Poel Pilot
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| Jim Poel Pilot of
Glenn Curtiss
Triad A-1Marking the end of a three year effort by our Restoration Shop volunteers, the Curtiss Museum is pleased to announce the completion, and successful flight, of an authentic 1911 Navy A-1 reproduction. This "hydro-aeroplane", now residing in the museum, is presented in the "Triad" configuration, which includes the first retractable landing gear. This feature also makes A-1 the first amphibious aircraft. Our A-1 version is a two-seat trainer with the first "throw-over control yoke" (another Curtiss innovation). This reproduction spans 29.5 feet, has a dry weight of 1274 pounds, and is powered by a 90 HP Curtiss OX-5 engine (of WW1 vintage). Flown successfully in September, 2004 by museum volunteer Jim Poel, the A-1 is a significant and welcome addition to our collection of historic Curtiss aircraft. The A-1 was also our Navy's first aircraft. This, combined with the fact that Glenn Curtiss trained their first pilots, earned him the title of the "Father of Naval Aviation".
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| One of the original Curtiss A-1 aircraft flown on Chautauqua lake in 1913/14 by an owner/pilot from Cleveland, Oh. named Al Engel. Comment: It looks like the engine was just started, with the prop person ducking away the same way when replica was flown.
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Al J.Engel taxiing. Hi Don, thanks for the note. Very interesting! Note the lack of a canard, the addition of wing tip extensions, the extra brace behind the pilots seats, the anti-skid panels, and the smaller fuel tank. Thanks again, Jim Poel
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| Curtiss Bumblebee postcard air mail 2
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| Curtiss Bumblebee postcard air mail
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| The gentlemen on the park bench is Al Engel and appears to be holding perhaps a wing strut in his hand.
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| Image attached is Alfred Bestor left sitting with Engel on the right in the A-1 about 1914 at the Chautauqua Institution located on Chautauqua Lake, NY. Bestor was later to become President of the Chautuaqua Cultural Institution until his death in 1944.
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| Curtiss Bumblebee postcard carl4
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Curtiss Bumblebee postcard carl5
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| Advertisment for Celoron Amusment Park showing Engel's presence at the park.
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| The Engel A-1 aircraft still exists and is displayed at the Crawford Auto Museum in Cleveland, Oh.
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| Same wing design different hull design experimental prop.
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| Detail of float bow looking like a hydrofoil. Person is adjusting board under wheel for removal from the water? Your comments welcome.
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| Post marked Oct.11, 1911 Hammondsport, NY
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Triad_A_1_Navy Hi guys. I found your email addresses on a message board about the Curtiss A-1 Triad. I know this was the original Navy seaplane and I know a replica flew in 2004. I have found some pictures that show a similar airplane flying in the 1960s. They are Black and White photographs that are stamped "Official US Navy Photograph". On the vertical stabilizer it is marked USN 000001. I haven't seen any pictures of an A-1 in the 1960s on the internet so far. Do you have any ideas about this airplane or what may have happened to it?
Thanks for your time.
Mike Salvo
Hi Don. Thanks for your reply! The pics I have look to be the same model plane as the yellow one in the photographs in your album (in the museum). The plane in my pics has what looks to be a mooring post on the front and of course it's on floats and it is seen in a hangar, on a tarmac, taxiing on water, and flying sometime in the 1960s. The tail marking is USN 00001. From the other photos I got with this, they look to have been taken at NAS Pensacola by a Photographer's Assistant. They are stamped "Official US Navy Photograph not for publication unless officially released". Another stamp says "Photographic Laboratory NAS Pensacola, Florida". I've attached a scan of one of the pics. Mike Salvo's e-mail address is ACSmotorsports@aol.com web author is angelica14709@yahoo.com
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Album: Curtiss Museum (angelica14709.com)
Search youtube.com glenn curtiss for videos. 
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