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The Curtiss No. 1 also known as the Curtiss Gold Bug or Curtiss Golden Flyer was a 1900s
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early experimental aircraft, the first independent aircraft designed and built by
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Development

After his success with designing aircraft for the
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, Glenn Curtiss formed his own company, the Herring-Curtiss Company, in March 1909, in association with Augustus Herring. Earlier in the same month, the Aeronautical Society of New York had placed an order from Curtiss for a new aircraft. The Curtiss No. 1 was the first aircraft both designed and built by Curtiss. Curtiss flew the aircraft to win the ''Scientific American'' trophy (which he had won before in the AEA ''June Bug'' that he had designed). Encouraged by this success, Curtiss entered the aircraft into the first international air show to be held at
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in August 1909. Before the international competition, the aircraft crashed and was badly damaged;The Curtiss Aircraft Damaged
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24 July 1909 Curtiss decided not to rebuild the aircraft and built a new aircraft, the Curtiss Reims Racer for the competition.


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