AEA White Wing

Infobox Aircraft
name=AEA White Wing


caption=
type=Early experimental aircraft
manufacturer=Aerial Experimental Association
designer=Frederick W. Baldwin
first flight=1908-05-18
introduced=
retired=
status=Destroyed in crash
primary user=Aerial Experiment Association
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produced=1908
number built=1
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=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.

First piloted by Baldwin himself on May 18, the aircraft flew very well, and three days later, Glenn Curtiss made a flight of 1,017 ft (310 m) in it. On May 23, it crashed during a landing by John McCurdy and was damaged beyond repair.

pecifications (White Wing)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

crew=1
length main=26 ft 3 in
length alt=6.10 m
span main=43 ft 3 in
span alt=7.44 m
height main= ft in
height alt= m
area main= ft²
area alt= m²
empty weight main= lb
empty weight alt= kg
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loaded weight alt=
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max takeoff weight alt=

number of props=1
engine (prop)=Curtiss
type of prop=air-cooled V8 engine
power main=40 hp
power alt=30 kW

max speed main= mph
max speed alt= knots, km/h
range main=300m
range alt=1000 feet
loading main=
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References

*cite web|title=Aerofiles|work=|url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_ab.html|accessdate=2005-05-19

ee also

aircontent

lists=
* List of experimental aircraft