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  Model Name: Lillie-Vought BiPlane

Max Lillie founded the Lillie Flying School at Cicero Field, Chicago. He  passed a very superior brevettte test to receive the first Expert Aviator certificate from the Aero Club of America.

Max Lillie, who also taught Vought to fly, needed an airplane better than a Wright pusher for exhibition flights  at county fairs. Vought designed a tractor biplane to Lillie's requirement, which featured a 50-hp Gnome engine.  The airplane's main feature was its staggered biplane wing. Its first flight was in 1913. Only one of these airplanes  was built.

Speed:

50 mph (80.5 kph)

Span:

32.00 feet (9.75 meters)

Length:

24.25 feet (7.39 meters)

Height:

8.33 feet (2.54 meters)