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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.
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- Glenn Hammond Curtiss, May 21, 1878, Hammondsport, New York, US
- Lena Pearl Neff (March 7, 1898 – until his death)
- July 23, 1930 (aged 52), Buffalo, New York, US
He went on the win the second and third legs, first in 1909 with a 24.7-mile flight in his “Golden Flyer.” Then he flew his “Hudson Flyer” for the first ever flight from Albany, NY to New York City.
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.
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Sep 23, 1996 · Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, shown here in 1909. (Library of Congress) Curtiss made his first flight on his 30th birthday—May 21, 1908—in White Wing, a design of the Aerial Experiment Association, a group led by Alexander Graham Bell.
On June 28, 1907, in Hammondsport, Glenn had his first experience with flight. After working with Captain Baldwin for over two years and watching each new dirigible take off, he finally gave in to his temptation and went up in the air.
Jan 12, 2010 · Pulitzer’s New York World would provide a smaller prize ($10,000), but it would have been of great appeal to Curtiss: the cash went to the first person to fly from Albany to New York, about 150 miles, essentially the first long-distance flight between cities ever made. Still smarting from Wilbur’s 1909 Hudson-Fulton victory, Curtiss wanted ...
Dec 28, 2021 · In 1910 and 1911, civilian pilot Eugene Ely flew Curtiss aircraft while making the first take off from a naval ship and then the first landing aboard ship. One week later, on January 26, 1911, Curtiss personally flew the first hydroplane (seaplane) for the U.S. Navy in a flight at San Diego. In February 1911, Curtiss carried the first passenger ...
