Curtiss also worked on developing the seaplane, basically a land plane with floats instead of wheeled landing gear. His first seaplane, based on the Model D was manoeuvrable, light, and relatively fast, and was the most widely built type of plane in the United States before World War I.
The D Hydro was a standard, Curtiss-designed 60 hp Type D pusher landplane fitted with a single, flat- bottomed spruce hull built locally by Baker Machine Co. Built and flown by Glenn Curtiss from San Diego Bay on 26 January, 1911, the first practical seaplane.
Span: 26’3″
Length est: 24’10”
All Aero 