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	Glenn Curtiss
		The achievements of Curtiss spanned several decades and took the airplane from its wood, fabric and wire beginnings to the forerunners of modern transport aircraft.
		One of the major contributions to flight progress during this period was the invention of ailerons, which was the basis for the litigious rift between the Wrights and Curtiss.
		Curtiss D-III Tractor Hydro being hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Pennsylvania 2/17/1911
	www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/curtiss/curtiss.htm (681 words)

	Glenn Curtiss - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curtiss married Lena Pearl Neff, daughter of Guy L. Neff, in Hammondsport on on March 7, 1898.
		Because Curtiss made America's finest lightweight motors, Alexander Graham Bell persuaded him to join his Aerial Experiment Association in 1907 to build aircraft, succeeding with America's first public and official airplane flight on July 4, 1908.
		Curtiss received the first U.S. pilot's license in 1911, the Wrights were Nos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Glenn_Curtiss (915 words)

	The Curtiss Company
		The Curtiss 1911 Model D was the second military airplane purchased by the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
		Glenn Curtiss was one of the pioneer aircraft manufacturers in the United States and is often considered the father of naval aviation.
		Curtiss, in cooperation with the Navy, developed a system for takeoff and landing aboard a naval vessel, essentially the first aircraft carrier.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Curtiss/Aero2.htm (1614 words)

	Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was an American aircraft manufacturer that went public in 1916 with Glenn Curtiss as president.
		Curtiss produced 10,000 aircraft during that war, and more than 100 in a single week.
		It is particularly famous for the Curtiss JN4 two-seat biplane, one of the most popular planes of all time.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company (165 words)

	Curtiss (AV-4)
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss, the renowned pioneer in aviation, was born 21 May 1878 in Hammondsport N.Y. He set many aeronautical records and designed several types of planes, including the Navy Curtiss flying boats which in 1919 were the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic.
		Curtiss operated off the California coast on a number of fleet and training exercises until early in 1949 when she served as flagship for Commander First Fleet for 3 weeks of amphibious operations in Alaskan waters to evaluate cold weather equipment.
		Curtiss served at San Diego in local operations until 29 September 1952 when she again sailed to Eniwetok as flagship during the atomic tests of Operation "Ivy." Returning to San Diego 4 December, she cruised the west coast, and visited Acapulco, Mexico in 1953.
	www.hazegray.org /danfs/auxil/av4.htm (1109 words)

	Glenn Curtiss
		Curtiss' motorcycle engines were so light and powerful that the balloonist Thomas Baldwin, asked Curtiss to build an engine for use on Baldwin's airship.
		The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company was the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I. When it went public in 1916, it was the world's largest aviation company.
		Curtiss made his last flight as a pilot in May 1930 when he flew a Curtiss Condor over the Albany-New York route.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/Curtiss/DI19.htm (456 words)

	Uss Curtiss AV-4
		Curtiss was a seaplane tender in the United States Navy.
		The Curtiss was named for Glenn Hammond Curtiss born 21 May 1878 in Hammonsport, NY, a renowned pioneer in aviation.
		Curtiss trained many of the early naval aviators and established a firm to manufacture aircraft.
	www.usscurtissav4.com (234 words)

	NOVA \| Transcripts \| Secret of the Wild Child \| PBS
		SUSAN CURTISS: She was fragile and beautiful, almost haunting, and so I was pulled, I was very drawn to her, even though I was nervous and had no idea, in many respects, what to expect.
		SUSAN CURTISS: One of my memories was that we would go to a place, say, Woolworth's, where there would be a stand of spools of thread, and spools where each color thread would incrementally change from the spools next to it, and she wanted a word for every different hue.
		SUSAN CURTISS: Genie, although functionally retarded because she had hardly lived and experienced the world around her, was not mentally deficient in any sense in which we typically think of as mentally deficient.
	www.pbs.org /wgbh/nova/transcripts/2112gchild.html (6903 words)

	Curtiss JN-4D Jenny
		Curtiss added the letter N to the designation because the modified Model J incorporated significant features of his Model N. The designation officially became the JN-2.
		The performance of the JN-2 was less than satisfactory, so Curtiss improved the design with the substitution of unequal span wings (like the original modified Model J), and ailerons on the upper wings only with a wheel to control them in place of the outmoded yoke system.
		At the same time, Curtiss began an extensive marketing campaign highlighting the many civilian applications of the Jenny, which included commuting, photo-mapping, policing, medical use, forest patrol, real estate work, and pleasure flying, proclaiming that "the JN is a good machine for the sportsman.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/curtiss_jn4.htm (1839 words)

	Village of Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Curtiss is a friendly little village located at the intersection of County Highway E and State Highway 29.
		Curtiss has a ball diamond, tennis court, playground area, and a large modern shelter with attached kitchen.
		The Curtiss Community Center is an old historic school which was built in 1912 and is being renovated.
	www.clark-cty-wi.org /curtiss.htm (254 words)

	Curtiss C-46
		Curtiss delivered the first airplane in May 1942 but finished the last 28 as C-46As with a stronger cargo deck, a two-piece cargo door, and more powerful engines.
		Curtiss built 234 in Buffalo before the contract was cancelled after VJ day, but not before the company delivered a total of 3,182 C-46 Commandos and R5C navy transports.
		Curtiss introduced various improvements right on the assembly line but this delayed delivery of airplanes desperately needed for the Hump route.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/curtiss_c46.htm (1156 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - The Spirit of Innovation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As a result of Glenn Curtiss' early success, The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company became the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I and went public in 1916 with Curtiss as president.
		Curtiss had become the world's largest aviation company, employing 18,000 at its Buffalo facility and 3,000 at its Hammondsport, New York location.
		Curtiss made advancements in the development of propeller design with the variable pitch propeller, the hollow-steel propeller, and the concept of "feathering"-disengaging a propeller from an inactive engine to prevent engine rotation.
	www.curtisswright.com /history (2902 words)

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		Orville Wright warns Glenn Curtiss that the wing flaps in use on the AEA's "June Bug" are an infringement of the Wrights' patents.
		It was designed from a collaboration between John McGurdy and Glenn Curtiss; an improvement on the design of the "June Bug".
		The first aircraft of the U.S. Navy, the Curtiss A-1 Triad, is flown for the first time by Glenn Curtiss himself.
	www.aero-web.org /history/aviators/gcurtiss.html (417 words)

	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - USA
		The Curtiss P-40 was undoubtedly one of the most controversial fighters to serve in quantity during the Second World War.
		The belief in the "ascendancy of bombardment over pursuit" was rife in 1937 when the Curtiss P-40 was first envisaged, and it is a sobering thought that, with the Bell P-39 Airacobra this product of such a school of thought constituted more than half the strength of all USAAF fighters until July 1943.
		The Curtiss H-87-D, or XP-40F, as the Merlin-powered prototype became known, then had 1,300 hp available for takeoff, and 1,120 hp at 18,500 feet, which offered vast improvements over earlier models and endowed a maximum speed of 373 mph.
	www.aviation-history.com /curtiss/p40.html (1587 words)

	Highlights of Curtiss' Life (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Curtiss' life was truly Horatio Algeresque...born in a small-town Methodist parsonage - to founding one of the world's greatest industries, becoming one of America's most famous personages, and a multi-millionaire (a billionaire in today's dollars).
		Note: Curtiss, 30, and earning in today's dollars over a half-million annually, was `his own man,' there was never a mentor relationship with Bell, 60.
		Curtiss, with James Bright, develops land in South Florida; today the Miami Herald lists him among the ten most important people in Dade county history.
	www.glennhcurtiss.com /id23.htm (1620 words)

	Archbishop Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Archbishop Curtiss, born June 16, 1932, is the eldest son of Elden F. Curtiss, Sr.
		In addition to the spiritual and administrative responsibilities of the archdiocese, Archbishop Curtiss is a member of the Pontifical Council on the Family, the president and chairman of the Board for The Catholic Mutual Group insurance company and Boys Town.
		The arms of Archbishop Curtiss appear on the right half of the shield, joined with those of the Archdiocese of Omaha, and surrounded in the Archbishop's motto and the symbols of his office.
	www.archomaha.com /ArchPages/Archbishop.html (664 words)

	GLENN H. CURTISS: Founder of The American Aviation Industry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Then the big and little Americas (of 1916-18) and their descendants, the F boats of Felixstowe, from which descend alltrans-Atlantic boats...Then the N.C. boats, first across the Atlantic, and the string of Curtiss record-breakers, and Schneider winners.
		And the D-12 engine, from which the Rolls Falcon, and ultimately the Merlin are descended...So far as I know there is nobody in the World who has claim to have influenced aircraft design and production as he did, or had done.
		But the capitalists who bought the bogus Wright patents ganged up on Curtiss and `slapped him down,' as they say in the States, and he was too proud to fight back on propaganda.
	glennhcurtiss.com (429 words)

	Curtiss Tomahawk
		The planes were indeed diverted from Tomahawk IIB contracts, which was equivalent to the P-40C, but when the the planes were actually built they were equipped with the externally-sealed fuel tanks that had been used on the Tomahawk IIA.
		It seems that Curtiss had some surplus externally-sealed fuel tanks lying around that the British did not want, and decided to use them on the Chinese contract.
		It was soon learned that it was wise not to mix it up with Japanese fighters on a one-to-one basis because of the inferior maneuverability and climb rate of the Curtiss, but instead to use the P-40's superior speed and diving ability to maximum advantage.
	home.att.net /~jbaugher1/p40_6.html (2205 words)

	Glenn Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company becomes the largest aircraft manufacturer in the world during World War I and goes public in 1916 with Curtiss as president.
		Curtiss employs 18,000 at its Buffalo facility and 3,000 at its Hammondsport, New York location.
		Curtiss and Wright interests are merged and the new Curtiss-Wright Corporation moves to Buffalo, erecting a new factory (Plant 1) at Kenmore and Vulcan Sts.
	ah.bfn.org /h/aero/curt (1009 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Unlocking The Sky : Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The patent fights between the Wrights, Curtiss and the rest of the early aviators is told with enough detail that you can get the sense of the times, without getting unnecessarily bogged down in a morass of detail.
		The part about Curtiss getting Langley's aerodrome flying was something entirely new to me, and the feud that the Wrights had with the Smithsonian over their cooperation with Curtiss, leading them to send their flyer to a British museum, a revelation.
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss appears to be a fascinating and underrated participant in the development of human flight.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0060196335?v=glance (1822 words)

	Curtiss Apartments, Seattle Washington (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		You are invited to find out more about the Curtiss Apartments and the Curtiss Building in which they are located.
		On this site you will find information about pricing and availability of our apartments, how many units we have in the building, what is located around the area, and what the building looks like in photos...
		Curtiss Apartments are fully internet compatible with high speed internet cable connections available through the building's cable provider.
	www.curtissapartments.com (96 words)

	Glen Curtiss
		Curtiss then became interested in aviation and began producing motors for airships.
		He also began work on a large flying boat, the Curtiss H-12, that he hoped to use to cross the Atlantic.
		After the Armistice Curtiss continued to work on improving his plane and motor designs.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWcurtiss.htm (269 words)

	CURTISS JENNY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Curtiss JN-4 Jenny is a two-seat biplane trainer that was used during World War I by the United States of America and the Royal Canadian Air Force.
		The aircraft was developed from the Curtiss Model J, designed by B. Douglas Thomas, and the Curtiss Model N, and two earlier versions of the aircraft were produced, the JN-2 and JN-3, before the first JN-4 flew in 1916.
		After World War I, many of the Curtiss OX-5 powered Jennys were sold, very cheaply, on the civilian market, sometimes, for just a few hundred dollars, and some of these were still packed in their factory shipping crates.
	free.hostdepartment.com /r/roynagl/jenny.htm (264 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		It was in 1910 that Glenn H. Curtiss risked his life to fly from Cleveland to Cedar point and return, setting a new world record for over-water flight.
		Here is a splendid photo of Glenn H. Curtiss on his famous Albany-to-New York flight in the year 1910, fifty years ago.
		It is a most comprehensive and fascinating source of information on Glenn Curtiss, his career and his associates.
	www.earlyaviators.com /ecurtiss.htm (1214 words)

	Curtiss Family Genealogy Forum
		Re: Curtiss in Ohio - Joyce Page-Van Houdt 5/15/02
		Re: Curtiss in Ohio - Carol Landry-Fiske 10/26/00
		Re: Curtiss in Ohio - Jo ROE Carpenter 2/23/01
	genforum.genealogy.com /curtiss (943 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of Early Aviation and local history of Hammondsport, NY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of Early Aviation and local history of Hammondsport, NY Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born in Hammondsport, N.Y. in 1878.
		In the early decades of the 20th Century Hammondsport was a center of American aviation attracting people from around the world to engage in the design, manufacture, and flight instruction of flying machines, flying boats, and dirigibles.
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss was laid to rest in Hammondsport's Pleasant Valley Cemetery in 1930.
	www.linkny.com /~curtiss (409 words)

	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Army promptly selected the Curtiss airplane for production, ordering 524 in 1939, the largest order for an American fighter at that time.
		As the weight of the Warhawk had crept up to almost 9,000 lbs, Curtiss installed the powerful Merlin engine on the P-40 airframe.
		Covered are the Army Lockheed P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, P-47 Thunderbolt, North American P-51 Mustang, Northrop P-61 Black Widow, and the Navy F2A - Buffalo, F4F - Wildcat, F4U - Corsair, and F6F - Hellcat fighters.
	www.acepilots.com /planes/p40_warhawk.html (1328 words)

	Glenn Curtiss, Father of Naval Aviation -- Glenn Curtiss Historical Society
		Aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss is known as the father of naval aviation.
		Among many other important aviation accomplishments, Curtiss was responsible for the first aircraft to take off from and land on the decks of ships at sea.
		Whitney worked as personal secretary and photographer to Curtiss during some of his most important aircraft development work, including the development of naval aviation.
	www.glenncurtiss.com (307 words)

	Hector Rottweiller Jr's Web Log: More on the Middle Class Muddle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		At the end of his post, Curtiss says some things that give me pause: "We should not speak of the middle class.
		Elsewhere on his weblog, he has another example of such an image that reveals something else about the use of this strange term:
		They don't exhaust or are themselves solely constituative of this system of images through which we understand ourselves and our society, but I think we neglect them at our peril.
	www.panix.com /~hncl/HectorsJournal/archives/000213.html (719 words)

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