All Aero

Three aircraft are said to have been constructed for Arthur L Smith’s exhibition performances at the 1915 Panama-Pacific Exposition by Al Mensaco. The use of “Smith-Curtiss Pusher” in a contemporary journal leads to an assumption of their being Curtiss machines assembled by Smith, or copies using Curtiss motors. Smith was pictured in several different types of aircraft during this period, most of them looking much like the tried-and-true Curtiss designs—or at least faithful replicas.