Summary
Glenn Curtiss was a major innovator in early aviation. He is known as the father of naval aviation due to his creation of the hydroplane (Lawrence, 2014). Curtiss, along with other members of the Aerial Experiment Association, equipped their planes with little moveable panels at the end of each wing called, ailerons. When tilted up or down, these ailerons could increase or reduce lift for that wing (Lawrence, 2014). Curtiss and the AEA were also the first to win the Scientific American trophy for flying their June Bug a distance of one kilometer. In 1919, Curtiss’s aircraft, the NC-4, became the first airplane to cross the Atlantic Ocean (Lawrence, 2014).
II. Problem
The problem came in the form of patent litigation. The Wright brothers were issued
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On August 18, 1909, the Wrights filed a bill of complaint on Glenn Curtiss and his company, the Herring-Curtiss Company, against the exhibition, manufacturing, and sale of infringements on their airplanes (Crouch, 2000). This would cause a lot of controversy among many of the early aeronauts, who felt that information should be shared with each other to propel the development of the technology (Lawrence, 2014 P.66).
IV. Development of Alternative Actions
Alternative Action 1. Due to the fact, that the Wright brothers used a system called, wing warping, Curtiss, and the AEA decided to use a different technique to achieve lateral roll. They would, instead, use small movable panels. These panels that are placed on the end of each wing are called ailerons. Although this technique had not been invented by Curtiss, they were not yet patented by anyone (Simanaitis, 2012).
Advantages. Glen Curtiss, along with the AEA, were granted a patent for their use of ailerons in 1911. This was a different approach to achieving lateral control, and it was thought that this method did not infringe on the Wright brothers patent (Wraga,
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"Wright Brothers Information Packet: Wright Brothers' Patent for the 1903 Flyer - Special Collection & Archives - Wright State University Libraries." Wright Brothers Information Packet: Wright Brothers' Patent for the 1903 Flyer - Special Collection & Archives - Wright State University Libraries. N.p., n.d. Web. 18 Apr. 2016.
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