The North Island era: Birth of naval aviation

Single pontoon details

A Curtiss hydroplane with a single pontoon. It has slats attached to the wing tips and appears to have motorcycle inner tubes attached to the slats. You can see how the slat on the right is helping to keep the right wing up. Curtiss is looking over his shoulder at the wake. The blur behind the center of the top wing was caused by the spinning propeller. Coronado can be seen in the background.

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