Clark County history: Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest

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Clark County history: Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest

Tom Murphy is likely the only Curtiss Pusher pilot in the Pacific Northwest, possibly the country. In 1995, the antique airplane pilot and mechanic flew the plane, also known as the Curtiss Model D, down the Columbia River Gorge from the Western Antique Airplane and Automobile Museum in Hood River, Ore., to celebrate the anniversary of two early 1900 flights by re-enacting them. The aircraft, owned by Terry Brandt of Hood River, Ore., was called…