The White Wing was designed by F. W. Baldwin and powered by a Curtiss engine.
And on July 4, Curtiss flew a plane called the June Bug across Pleasant Valley in Hammondsport a distance of 5,090 feet, For this feat he won the first leg of the Scientific American trophy, which required an unassisted take-off and straight flight of at least one kilometer. With these flights, the AEA became the first group in North America besides the Wrights to design build, and fly airplanes.