On January 18, 1911, Eugene Ely made history by landing a Curtiss pusher on the USS Pennsylvania, proving that aircraft could ...

Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest, possibly the country. In 1995, the antique airplane pilot and mechanic flew the plane, also known as the Curtiss Model D, ...

Biplane is a replica of the first to soar over Durango In September 1913, curious Durangoans gathered to witness aviation history on the mesa that decades later would be home to Fort Lewis College.

Click to open image viewer. CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Pusher biplane with one 50-horsepower Curtiss V-8 engine. Fabric covered surfaces light yellow. Struts and landing ...

On Nov. 19, 1916, Ruth Law climbed into her already-obsolete Curtiss pusher biplane and took off from Chicago. Six hours (and 590 miles) later she touched down at the fairgrounds in Hornell, ...

In celebration of 100 years of Naval Aviation, meet Bob Coolbaugh, who built and pilots the only flying replica of Eugene B. Ely's 1911 Curtiss Model D, the "Curtiss Pusher." Bring a bag lunch and ...

Born from the Army Air Corps R40-C push for unconventional fighters, the Curtiss-Wright XP-55 Ascender promised clean aerodynamics, heavy nose armament, and a radical pusher canard layout. When its ...

Pilot Bob Coolbaugh, who built the historic aircraft, flew the replica 1911 Ely Curtiss Pusher from the Eastern Shore into Martin State Airport (WBAL Photo by Scott Wykoff) 6 / 9 The Movie "Memphis ...

In 1851, Herman Melville’s novel “Moby-Dick; Or, The Whale” was published in the United States, almost a month after being released in Britain. In 1862, during the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln ...