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World Footprints on MSNGlenn H. Curtiss Museum: A Look Back at TransportationThe Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, honors the memory of an aviation pioneer. Much more than a leader in ...
The fame (or infamy) of being the ugliest aircraft in history might be owned by the Curtiss Goupil Duck, but it is surely in good company.
Glenn H. Curtiss's latest aeroplane, constructed for the Aeronautic Society tests of heavier-than-air machines, arrived on the Morris Park grounds early yesterday morning.
A Century Ago, Glenn Curtiss Was the ‘Fastest Man on Earth’ Before he changed aviation forever, the daredevil achieved an unparalleled speed record on land ...
The Wright Brothers declined his offer to fly one of their planes off a battleship's deck, but Chambers found a potential taker when he met Ely and aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss at a flying meet ...
In 1910, Glenn Curtiss, a motorcycle daredevil-turned-pilot, completed America's first long-distance intercity flight, between Albany and New York City, to great fanfare, while at the helm of his ...
In many ways, the Curtiss OX-5 V8 was the finest creation to ever leave Hammondsport, New York native Glenn H. Curtiss's factory. It certainly made him famous ...
In 1917, Ira left Brattleboro and went to work for Glenn Curtiss. Curtiss had a plane manufacturing business in Pennsylvania and the military was very interested in the aeroplanes he was building.
One of their competitors, Glenn Curtiss, hoped to bypass their patent by using ailerons. This led to a patent dispute with the Wrights, who claimed a monopoly on powered flight that required ...
Hammondsport's own Glenn Curtiss made national headlines with his historic flight on 'June Bug' on July 4, 1908.
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