| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N914GC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss America |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss America |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss America Replica |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Hammondsport / Keuka Lake [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Event: | Glenn H. Curtiss Museum Seaplane Homecoming 2007 |
| Photo Date: | 15 September 2007 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 417881 |
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The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum publicly revealed their 72-foot wingspan reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat "America" at the Museum's annual seaplane fly in on Lake Keuka in Hammondsport, in New York's Finger Lakes region. The aircraft water taxied before the crowds in 2007 but did not fly because the two 100 hp special OXX6 engines sent out for overhaul were not ready. The replica flew for the first time at the 2008 fly in. The original America was built to compete for a $50,000 prize offered by the London Daily Mail for the first transatlantic crossing by a flying machine. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 3 December 2021, and has since been viewed 884 times. |