[1] Although the vehicle was capable of lifting off the ground, it never achieved full flight.

[2] The Autoplane was a triplane, using the wings from a Curtiss Model L trainer, with a small foreplane mounted on the aircraft's nose.

A 100 horsepower (75 kW) Curtiss OXX engine drove the propeller via shaft and belts.

[7][8] It was shown at the Pan-American Aeronautic Exposition at New York City in February 1917.

It made a few short hops before the entry of the United States into World War I in April 1917 ended development of the Autoplane.