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The White Wing (or Aerodrome #2) was an early US aircraft designed by Frederick W. Baldwin and built by the Aerial Experiment Association in 1908. Unusual for aircraft of its day, it featured a wheeled undercarriage. The wings were equipped with ailerons controlled by a harness worn around the pilot's body; leaning in one direction would cause the aircraft to bank to follow. The ailerons led to a legal dispute with the Wright brothers over the brothers' patent on movable wing surfaces.[1]

AEA White Wing
Role	Early experimental aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Aerial Experimental Association
Designer	Frederick W. Baldwin
First flight	18 May 1908
Status	Destroyed in crash
Primary user	Aerial Experiment Association
Produced	1908
Number built	1

First piloted by Baldwin himself on 18 May and the aircraft flew very well. White Wing was then piloted by Lt Thomas Selfridge at Hammondsport, New York, on 19 May 1908 (becoming the first US Army officer to fly an airplane)[2] and then Glenn Curtiss made a flight of 1,017 ft (310 m) in it on 21 May. On 23 May, it crashed during a landing by John McCurdy and was damaged beyond repair.

Specifications (White Wing)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

• Length: 26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
• Wingspan: 43 ft 3 in (13.18 m)
• Powerplant: 1 × Curtiss B-8 V-8 air-cooled piston engine, 40 hp (30 kW)

Performance

• Range: 0 mi (0 km, 0 nmi) 1,000ft

See also

Related lists

• List of experimental aircraft

References

Notes

Bibliography

External links

• Aerofiles

На других языках

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[fr] AEA White Wing

Le White Wing est le second aéronef expérimental réalisé par l'Aerial Experimental Association. Bénéficiant de l'expérience acquise avec le précédent AEA Red Wing, sa construction a été supervisée par F.W. Baldwin avec la collaboration de Glenn Curtiss.

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