lincolnbeachey

Another perhaps even more interesting shot of an aircraft used by Beachey. I wonder what Warren Eaton ment by writing Link and #3 on the photo? To me it looks like one of Beachey's models built by Curtiss! Did the Eaton Bros licence built Curtiss aircraft or did Curtiss sub-contract special models to Eatons? The common factor would in such a case be that California was a good place to make exhibition flights and Curtiss spent a lot of time there before WW 1. No doubt the Eatons and Curtiss met.... Stig

Particular model is the Beachy Little Looper I believe

Reproduction of Curtiss-built "Little Looper" for daredevil Lincoln Beachey. First pilot to successfully 'loop the loop' in an aircraft. The Looper was first museum aircraft to go atop a full-swivel castered kiosk: allowing room for graphics below and easy respotting on the floor, while raising the aircraft high enough for visitors to walk under the wings unimpeded.

This is the aircraft used by Lincoln Beachey to perform his loop -the- loop stunts in 1913. It was built by Beachey and James LaMont at the Curtiss factory in Hammondsport, New York. The engine is a Curtiss of 90-100 horsepower. " The machine is heavily wired with 3/32 inch Roebling wire .. The front and lateral spars are double - heavy , about 1 1/2 inches by 3 inches.. The wings spread 24 feet 3 inches overall, built in three sections each, 9 feet x 6 feet 3 inches X 9 feet. The separation between planes is 5 feet 6 inches... A belt comes from the bottom of the seat and up over Beachey's lap to hold him in while upside down.. In addition , there is a shoulder strap..." ( Aeronautics Nov. 1913)