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His first aircraft that he raced was called June Bug. Then he built Rheims Rider. Curtis did help Langley build his seaplane that was launched before the Wright Brothers flew but it crashed when its wing caught a support cable from the launch platform.


In 1911, Curtis developed some seaplane and landplanes that were called by model numbers. In 1914 Curtis produced his "America" flying boat. During WW1, Curtiss among others also built the Felixstowe F5 as the Curtiss F5L, based on the final Porte hull designs and powered by American Liberty engines.


After the war, a Curtiss NC-4 became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1919,

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