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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships.
May 17, 2024 · Glenn Hammond Curtiss (born May 21, 1878, Hammondsport, N.Y., U.S.—died July 23, 1930, Buffalo) was a pioneer aviator and leading American manufacturer of aircraft by the time of the United States’s entry into World War I.
Learn about the life and achievements of Glenn Curtiss, a bicycle and motorcycle racer, engine expert, and aviation pioneer. Discover how he became The Fastest Man on Earth, The Father of Naval Aviation, and changed the world of aviation.
Jun 29, 2022 · As a pilot, Glenn Curtiss won the world’s first air race, receiving the Gordon Bennett Trophy at Reims, France, in August 1909. He flew at an average speed of 46.5 mph (74.8 km/h). He went on to win many awards in speed and distance competitions before the start of World War I in 1914.
The engineer and racer Glenn Curtiss wasn’t intimidated by the machine he’d designed when he threw a leg over it and throttled out across the hard-packed sand of Ormond Beach, Florida, in ...
Sep 23, 1996 · Learn about the life and achievements of Glenn Curtiss, who made the first public flight in the U.S., invented ailerons, floatplanes, flying boats and OX engines. See his planes, engines and trailers at the museum in his hometown of Hammondsport, N.Y.
Learn about the life and achievements of Glenn Curtiss, who was born in Hammondsport, New York, in 1878. He built engines for balloons and airships, designed and flew airplanes, and set speed records on motorcycles.
