Lakes Water Bird
British seaplane (1911) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Lakes Water Bird, sometimes known as the Avro Curtiss-type, is remembered as the first consistently successful British seaplane, developed by the Windermere-based Lakes Flying Company, during 1911.
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Water Bird | |
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Role | two seat experimental seaplane |
National origin | United Kingdom |
Manufacturer | A.V. Roe Ltd |
Designer | (float) E.W. Wakefield |
First flight | (as seaplane) 25 November 1911 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Glenn Curtiss design |
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