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- Propeller from the Airplane Flown by Glenn Curtiss at the First Gordon Bennett Airplane Race, August 1909 - Before turning his energies to aviation, Glenn Curtiss successfully raced motorcycles. It's no surprise, then, that he eagerly participated in airplane competitions. Curtiss won the inaugural Gordon Bennett Airplane Race in Reims, France, in 1909. Curtiss averaged an impressive 46.5 miles per hour in his <em>Rheims Racer</em>, the airplane he designed specifically for the contest.
- 1909
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Propeller from the Airplane Flown by Glenn Curtiss at the First Gordon Bennett Airplane Race, August 1909
Before turning his energies to aviation, Glenn Curtiss successfully raced motorcycles. It's no surprise, then, that he eagerly participated in airplane competitions. Curtiss won the inaugural Gordon Bennett Airplane Race in Reims, France, in 1909. Curtiss averaged an impressive 46.5 miles per hour in his Rheims Racer, the airplane he designed specifically for the contest.
- Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929 - S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- 1926-1929
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Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929
S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929 - S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- 1926-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929
S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929 - S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- 1926-1929
- Collections - Artifact
Curtiss Reed Airplane Propeller, 1926-1929
S. Albert Reed manufactured his first airplane propellers in 1922. His Reed Propeller Company became a subsidiary of airplane manufacturer Curtiss in 1924. Reed propellers were made from duralumin, an aluminum alloy more durable than wood. The adoption of variable-pitch propellers in the 1930s doomed Reed's fixed-pitch design.
- Falcon Airplane Propeller, 1917-1925 - Falcon-brand propellers were sold by the Jamestown Propeller Company of Jamestown, New York, circa 1918-1919. The company marketed its propellers under a government contract during World War I. Jamestown was a center of wooden furniture and mantle production, and it had the skilled workforce necessary to produce complex hand-carved propellers.
- 1917-1925
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Falcon Airplane Propeller, 1917-1925
Falcon-brand propellers were sold by the Jamestown Propeller Company of Jamestown, New York, circa 1918-1919. The company marketed its propellers under a government contract during World War I. Jamestown was a center of wooden furniture and mantle production, and it had the skilled workforce necessary to produce complex hand-carved propellers.