The curtis bi plane had no seat belt. In fact when Glen Curtis won the Bennet cup in rhiems France in August of 1909 he did so by climbing to an out standing altitude opf 500ft and then proceed into a dive to increase speed . He achieved 47mph but was qouted as saying that he did nt know how3 hw stayed put in the seat of the plane.
Steering controls were achieved by a yoke and steering wheel which operated the rudder and elevator. The ailerons (little wings) were control by wires attached to the seat which the piolot moved by leaning left or right. It is amazing that these people survived. Many did not.
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