2-952-173 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Curtiss Airplane - Curtiss Hydroaeroplane, or Flying Boat Exhibited at House Office Building, 1917. Signs: 'Hydro-Aeroplane or Flying Boat for the National Aero Coast Patrol - National Aerial Coast Patrol Commission. This Flying Boat has been 700 hours in the Air. It has trained 50 Aviators for England. Russia has 80 Machines like this. We have None. Many Hydro-Aeroplanes to-day are larger than this one'.