United States Naval Air Station Queenstown was the first US Naval Air Station established in Ireland. NAS Queenstown was close to the village of Aghada on the eastern side of Cork Harbour. NAS Queenst
Aircraft on slipway at Aghada
Remaining gateposts to NAS Queenstown near Aghada
Cork Harbour
Curtiss Model H
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The Curtiss Model H was a family of classes of early long-range flying boats, the first two of which were developed directly on commission in the United States in response to the £10,000 prize challen
Curtiss H-12 Large America in RNAS service.
Porte and Curtiss as they appeared in The New York Times 10 March 1914, standing next to a Model F.
Porte & Hallett on "America", following the launch on Keuka Lake at Hammondsport, June 1914, showing the Curtiss OX-5 engines.
Model H-8 prototype on Lake Keuka, 1916.