Original U.S. WWI 8’ 6” x 5’ 9” US Navy Flying Boat Wooden Propeller Trench Art - Curtiss Model H Hotchkiss MG as the rubber inside has

as the rubber inside has now hardened

Originally constructed of an outer shell made from a fine

cut for this purpose

This example is particularly nice in that it is fully complete

Designed and manufactured by N

Original U.S. WWI 8’ 6” x 5’ 9” US Navy Flying Boat Wooden Propeller Trench Art - Curtiss Model H Hotchkiss MG as the rubber inside hasOriginal Item: One Of A Kind. The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the 10,000 prize challenge issued in 1913 by the London newspaper, the Daily Mail, for the first non stop aerial crossing of the Atlantic. As the first aircraft having transatlantic range and cargo carrying capacity, it became the grandfather