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Curtiss Autoplane
The Curtiss Autoplane, invented by Glenn Curtiss in 1917, is widely considered the first attempt to build a roadable aircraft.〔 Although the vehicle was capable of lifting off the ground, it never achieved full flight.〔
==Development and design==
The Autoplane was a triplane, using the wings from a Curtiss Model L trainer, with a small foreplane mounted on the aircraft's nose.〔Bowers 1979, p. 75.〕 The Autoplane's aluminum body resembled a Model T and had three seats in an enclosed cabin, with the pilot/chauffeur sitting in the front seat and the two passengers side-by side to the rear.〔 It used a four-blade pusher propeller, and a twin-boom tail. A Curtiss OXX engine drove the propeller via shaft and belts.〔〔 The aircraft had a four wheel undercarriage, with the front two wheels being steerable. The wings and tail could be detached for use as an automobile.〔Bowers 1979, p. 76.〕
It was shown at the Pan-American Aeronautic Exposition at New York in February 1917. It made a few short hops before the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917 ended development of the Autoplane.〔
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