The Red Wing was designed in collaboration with Lt. Thomas J. Selfridge. In this photo, Casey Baldwin is at the controls.
1908 also was a busy year for Curtiss as he worked closely with Bell's organization. Besides Bell and Curtiss, the group's leaders included the Canadians F.W. "Casey" Baldwin 'd John McCurdy, and a U.S. Army Lieutenant. Thomas Selfridge. On March 12, "Casey" Baldwin took off from the frozen surface of Keuka Lake in an airplane called the Red Wing, and flew nearly 319 feet in 20 seconds. On its second flight, the plane hit the frozen lake on one wing and crashed. Two months later. Curtiss made a controlled flight of over 1,000 feet in an aircraft called the White Wing. This was 'e first American aircraft to use ailerons for control purposes.
The Red Wing was designed in collaboration with Lt. Thomas J. Selfridge. In this photo, Casey Baldwin is at the controls. 1908 also was a busy year for Curtiss as he worked closely with Bell's organization. Besides Bell and Curtiss, the group's leaders included the Canadians F.W. "Casey" Baldwin 'd John McCurdy, and a U.S. Army Lieutenant. Thomas Selfridge. On March 12, "Casey" Baldwin took off from the frozen surface of Keuka Lake in an airplane called the Red Wing, and flew nearly 319 feet in 20 seconds. On its second flight, the plane hit the frozen lake on one wing and crashed. Two months later. Curtiss made a controlled flight of over 1,000 feet in an aircraft called the White Wing. This was 'e first American aircraft to use ailerons for control purposes.
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