Continental KB-1
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The Continental KB-1, also known as KB-1 Military Biplane or KB-1 Continental Pusher, is an early design developed by the engineer Vincent Burnelli.{{Cite web|url=http://www.meridian-int-res.com/Aeronautics/Burnelli_AIAA.pdf|title=The Contributions of Vincent Justus Burnelli|last=Wood|first=Richard M.|date=2003|website=|format=PDF|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 November 2017}}
Development
The KB-1 was Burnelli's second production aircraft after his Burnelli-Carisi Biplane. Burnelli's KB-1 tandem pusher biplane was a somewhat conventional design compared to his future lifting-body designs.{{cite journal|magazine=AAHS Journal|date=Spring 1997|title=Burnelli and his lifting-body transports|author=Kent A. Mitchell|page=2}} The aircraft, developed for a U.S. Air Service reconnaissance contact was not awarded a production contract despite successful demonstration flights by test pilot Bert Acosta over New York at temperatures as low as −11 °F.{{cite journal|magazine=Aviation|title=Continental Pusher Biplane|page=35|date=1 February 1918}}
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Design
The KB-1 is a tandem seat pusher biplane with open cockpits. The tail is supported with two steel tube booms. The landing gear used a four-wheel arrangement using Ackerman wheels{{Clarify|date=July 2016}} with "tusks" that dig into the ground for braking. The wings are set without stagger or dihedral. The fuselage is constructed of mahogany veneer.{{cite journal|magazine=Aerial Age|title=The Continental Pusher Biplane|page=696|date=31 December 1917}}
Specifications (KB-1)
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