Among the very first aircraft in the world to be built in quantity, the Curtiss Pusher -- so called because of the position of the engine, behind the pilot -- was also called the Curtiss Headless. Curtiss planes used ailerons to control rolling in flight, rather than the Wright Brothers' patented wing-warping technology.
For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157
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Among the very first aircraft in the world to be built in quantity, the Curtiss Pusher -- so called because of the position of the engine, behind the pilot -- was also called the Curtiss Headless. Curtiss planes used ailerons to control rolling in flight, rather than the Wright Brothers' patented wing-warping technology. For more information on the Michael Lemberger Collection visit https://aspace.lib.uiowa.edu/repositories/2/resources/3157