Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The 1911 Curtiss Model D (or frequently, "the Curtiss pusher") was an early United States pusher aircraft with the engine and propeller behind the pilot's seat. It was among the very first aircraft in the world to be built in any quantity—all of which were produced during an era of trial and error development and equally important parallel technical development in internal combustion engine technologies.It was also the aircraft type which made the first takeoff from the deck of a ship, the USS Birmingham, and the first landing, on the USS Pennsylvania, several days apart.It was originally fitted with a foreplane for pitch control, however this was dispensed with when it was accidentally discovered to be unnecessary. The new version without the foreplane was known as the Headless Pusher. Like all Curtiss designs, the aircraft used ailerons derived from the 1908 June Bug to control rolling in flight, thus avoiding use of the Wright brothers' patented wing warping technology.. }
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- Curtiss_Model_D abstract "The 1911 Curtiss Model D (or frequently, "the Curtiss pusher") was an early United States pusher aircraft with the engine and propeller behind the pilot's seat. It was among the very first aircraft in the world to be built in any quantity—all of which were produced during an era of trial and error development and equally important parallel technical development in internal combustion engine technologies.It was also the aircraft type which made the first takeoff from the deck of a ship, the USS Birmingham, and the first landing, on the USS Pennsylvania, several days apart.It was originally fitted with a foreplane for pitch control, however this was dispensed with when it was accidentally discovered to be unnecessary. The new version without the foreplane was known as the Headless Pusher. Like all Curtiss designs, the aircraft used ailerons derived from the 1908 June Bug to control rolling in flight, thus avoiding use of the Wright brothers' patented wing warping technology.".