Aerial Experiment Association
A Canadian-American aeronautical research group formed on 30 September 1907, under the leadership of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
The AEA produced several different aircraft in quick succession, with each member acting as principal designer for at least one. The group introduced key technical innovations, notably wingtip ailerons and the tricycle landing gear.
Founders: Alexander Graham Bell, Glenn Curtiss, John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, F.W. Baldwin, Lt. Thomas Selfridge, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard
Aerial Experiment Association
A Canadian-American aeronautical research group formed on 30 September 1907, under the leadership of Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
The AEA produced several different aircraft in quick succession, with each member acting as principal designer for at least one. The group introduced key technical innovations, notably wingtip ailerons and the tricycle landing gear.
Founders: Alexander Graham Bell, Glenn Curtiss, John Alexander Douglas McCurdy, F.W. Baldwin, Lt. Thomas Selfridge, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard