The Ecker Flying Boat is an early American-built amphibious biplane.

Development

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, designed and built a single-seat open-cockpit biplane in 1911. The following year, Ecker designed a two-seat open-cockpit biplane which he described at the time as a flying boat, although as it was fitted with wheels in the lower fuselage, it was technically an amphibian. The 1912 aircraft was based on the design of the Curtiss Owl and utilised an all-wooden construction with muslin covering on the fuselage and wings.Aerofiles

Operational history

Ecker flew the aircraft for three years before disassembling it for storage. It was reassembled in 1930 for exhibition at the New York State Fair. It was later acquired by the Smithsonian Institution as a static exhibit. After display at the

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NASM restoration facility, it is currently exhibited at the

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in central Washington DC.Ogden, 2007, p. 189

Specifications (variant)

References

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National Air and Space Museum 1910s United States civil utility aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1912 Amphibious aircraft