During the winter of 1911-1912, Frank Boland built a conventional pusher biplane.

[1] Frank Boland wanted to make sure that he fully understood the dynamics of a conventional biplane so, in the winter of 1911-12, he constructed an aircraft of his own design in Mineola, Long Island.

This conventional pusher biplane had an interconnected forward and rear elevator.

Boland used this aircraft to contrast with the performance of his unorthodox tailless 'jibbed' biplane that he had completed the previous October.

[1] Boland flew this plane throughout the winter in the snowy fields of Mineola.