Curtiss A-1 replica crashes in Keuka Lake

Curtiss A-1 replica. (U.S. Navy photo by Joseph Moon)

A replica of a 1911 Curtiss A-1 Triad seaplane crashed in Keuka Lake in Hammondsport, NY, on the evening of Thursday July the 30th. The pilot, 58 year-old Kevin House, was not injured. The replica was flown by the Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Museum and was substantially damaged. It was towed back to shore and should be repaired according to Trafford Doherty, the museum’s executive director.

Sources: The Chronicle Express and Evening Tribune.

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