The monoplane is an open framed aircraft with wire-braced fabric covered wings and conventional landing gear, powered by a Detroit aero engine.

Hartman made one takeoff attempt from the Burlington, Iowa golf course, reaching ten feet in altitude.

[3] In June 1913, the aircraft was converted to a hydroplane, and flow a very short distance before crashing into the water.

[4] The Hartman monoplane was rebuilt with a steel tube fuselage, updated Anzani engine and ailerons.

It was flown at airshows by Hartman from 1939 until 1956 when it was donated to the Pioneer Village Museum in Minden, Nebraska.