Burgess Model H

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name=Model H


caption=Model H flying boat, US Navy, 1913
type=Trainer
manufacturer=Burgess
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first flight=1912
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variants with their own articles=The Burgess Model H was an early United States airplane and one of the first air machines specifically designed and built for military use. Classified as the "Model H military tractor", it was developed and built in 1912 by Burgess Company and Curtis, which in the following year became The Burgess Company.

Powered by a 70 hp Renault engine with the propeller in the tractor configuration, the biplane trainer had tandem open cockpits after a redesign in 1914 by Grover Loening, then a civilian engineer with the U.S. Army. Loening was the first person to receive an advanced engineering degree in aeronautics, from Columbia University in 1910, and later was a founding member of both Sturtevant Aircraft Company and Loening Aircraft Engineering.

The Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps purchased five Burgess H airplanes for the 1st Aero Squadron at North Field, California. They were the 24th through 28th aircraft acquired by the Army. A sixth Model H went to the U.S. Navy, where it was known first as the D-1 (Burgess Flying Boat, Model 1) and later as the AB-7 (Heavier-than-air/flying boat, model 7).

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References

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* [http://aerofiles.com/_burgess.html Burgess Company airplanes, Aerofiles]

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* ← Model E - Model F - Model G - Model H - Model I - Model J - Model K →

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