June Bug flight

[leylandspurr]

Decided to share the pix that inspired the "another enigma" thread about Glenn Curtiss's June Bug, starting with a historical note:

I flew the old FS2000 Pegasus model (I spotted Dennis's name among the credits!) from Penn Yan in New York State down Lake Keuka.

(how do you pronounce Keuka?).

To Hammondsport (invisible in the sim) the site of Curtiss's original factory and early floatplane experiments and looked for a reasonable field to put her down in.

The approach was a bit tight through the trees.

But I made it into the long grass.

Hope you enjoyed this flight as much as I did!
Leyland

[madferret]

Somewhere, I think I got it Avsim, there's a scenery download called cradle of aviation or something to that effect. It puts the National Warplane Museum's hangar at Elmira Corning Regional and the Glenn Curtiss museum building at the bottom of Keuka Lake. Where Hammondsport should be. Even though Curtiss is spelled wrong on the building, it's still a nice tribute to a largely forgotten aviation pioneer.

Madferret

[Roger]

Found it here... www.simviation.com/fs2004scenery21.htm

[denniss]

Hello, Leyland,
A neat model and neat flight!
Note the June Bug's triangular wingtip ailerons (from the French, aile:wing). These were in marked contrast to the Wright's (and others') wing warping of the era.
As you may know, that July 4, 1908 flight wasn't the only time that the Smithsonian and the Wrights had differences of opinions. That is, by 1908, the Wrights had certainly flown around Huffman Prairie, near their Dayton home, for kilometer after kilometer. It's said local farmers didn't bother looking up any more. But there were never the right "judges."
It's said that the Smithsonian offered the Wrights first dibs, but they demurred.
All in good (historical) fun.
Cool.
Dennis