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feet and a length of only 10 feet, with no stabilizer. A number of successful flights were made with this machine using a 6-cylinder 45 h.p. Anzani radial engine. At that time Timm also made a small monoplane, called the "Bumble Bee," [[strikethrough]]having[[/strikethrough]]with a wing area of 70 square feet and powered by a 28 h.p. 2-cylinder engine. This was reportedly the smallest airplane in the world at that time capable of carrying a man.

Timm also builtt a special racing monoplane for the Curtiss Cup Race, which was the feature event of the International Air Tournament held at Los Angeles July 16 - 17, 1921. This was an event for planes powered by 90 h.p. Curtiss OX-5 engines [[strikethrough]]and his plane, called the C-1, won the race with an average speed of just over 105 m.p.h, and a maximum of 137.5 m.p.h. on the straightaways[[/strikethrough]]. It had a wing span of 23 feet and a total wing area of 125 square feet. The overall length was 19-1/2 feet and was the only machine in the event with a thick, tapered full-cantilever wing. It weighted 1,230 pounds loaded and used a new type of rudder bar on which Timm had obtained a United States Patent. He did not decide to build a plane and enter this event until about two months before the tournament and just seven weeks from the day he made his first layout drawing he test flew the finished machine. Called the "C-1," it won the Curtiss Cup Race with an average speed of just over 105 m.p.h, and a maximum of 137.5 m.p.h. on the straightaways. 

After the races Timm received an offer to take charge of engineering and production for the Lincoln-Standard Aircraft Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, which he accepted. He moved there in December, 1921, [[strikethrough]]where he[[/strikethrough]] remained for two and one-half years. This firm produced 3-place Lincoln-Standard planes, largely from war surplus materials, using 150 h.p. Hispano engines. While there Timm also produced a 5-place semi-cabin biplane, called the [[strikethrough]]LS-5[[/strikethrough]]LS-5, using a model E-2, 180 h.p. Hispano engine. On April 9[[strikethrough]]th[[/strikethrough]], 1922, Timm gave Charles Lindbergh his first ride while testing a new Lincoln-Standard plane.

After moving back to California in March, 1925, Timm. built a specially-constructed steel-tube [[strikethrough]]replica[[/strikethrough]]framework reproduction of a Curtiss pusher for Al Wilson who used it for movie and special aviation events for some time. Lindbergh later staged a stunting exhibition with this plane at the 1928 Los Angeles Air Races.

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