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	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 also worked on developing the seaplane, basically a land plane with floats instead of wheeled landing gear.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Aerospace/Curtiss/Aero2.htm (1614 words)

	ch8-3
		Three pace-setting Curtiss patrol boats designed in the United States, or derived from Curtiss designs, are discussed in the next section, after which the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic Ocean is described.
		Typical of the Curtiss flying boats developed during this period were the twin-engine H-16 and the HS-2L, a scaled-down single-engine version of the H-16.
		The NC boats are discussed here not so much for their advanced design features but rather because one of their number, the NC-4, was the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean and thus secured for the type a permanent place in the annals of aviation history.
	www.hq.nasa.gov /office/pao/History/SP-468/ch8-3.htm (2325 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		In 1907, Glenn Curtiss began his aviation career in earnest as a member of the Aerial Experiment Association, a group of men focused on getting a man into the air.
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss was returned to his home town where he rests today in a quiet spot in the Pleasant Valley Cemetery, not far from the site of his historic flight in the "June Bug".
		Curtiss is remembered today as the Father of Naval Aviation and the founder of the American Aircraft Industry.
	www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org /museum/glenncurtiss.html (952 words)

	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 made his last flight as a pilot in May 1930, when he flew a Curtiss Condor over the AlbanyNew York route.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/curtiss/curtiss.htm (681 words)

	Navy-Curtiss NC-4 Flying Boat - USA
		As recorded elsewhere in the series, the prize was ultimately won in June by Alcock and Brown for their flight in a modified Vickers Vimy, but in the month preceding this, another Atlantic crossing, with stops en route, had been made by an American flying-boat the NC-4.
		That this aircraft should have been of Curtiss manufacture was particularly appropriate, for Glenn Curtiss was a pioneer of seaplane design and his company's flying-boat America was designed originally as a 1914 contestant in the transatlantic competition.
		After two days in Lisbon, where all three NC crews were generously feted by the Portuguese government and the city of Lisbon, NC-4 continued her flight to Plymouth, England, to the port whence the Pilgrim Fathers had left for America 299 years before.
	www.aviation-history.com /navy/nc4.html (2486 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)

	Curtiss NC-4
		An important design consideration of the NC class held that these flying boats be capable of flying under their own power from the continental United States to the European war zone because shipping space was in short supply during this period in 1917.
		The NC designation reflected the fact that the design had resulted from a close collaboration between the Navy and Curtiss.
		he Curtiss Company, after some prodding by the Navy to expedite delivery, supplied the hull for the NC-1 during the late summer of 1918, and the aircraft was fully assembled in September 1918.
	www.nasm.si.edu /research/aero/aircraft/curtiss_nc4.htm (1095 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Glenn Hammond Curtiss - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society
		Curtiss designed the AEA's third plane, the "June Bug," and in July 1908 piloted the first official public flight in the U.S., flying one mile.
		In February 1911, Curtiss carried the first passenger in a seaplane and thereafter fitted wheels to the craft, creating the first amphibious airplane.
		Curtiss retired from the aircraft business in the 1920s but his planes were the main stock of the famous "barnstormers" and air shows.
	www.firstflight.org /shrine/glenn_curtiss.cfm (321 words)

	FIRST TO FLY THE ATLANTIC OCEAN
		The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat was designed, during World War I, as a long-range anti-submarine aircraft and it became the first aircraft to fly across the Atlantic Ocean, in 1919, though it did so in several stages.
		Ten Navy Curtiss flying boats were built and two of them, the NC-1 and the NC-3, also attempted a transatlantic crossing, but they did not complete their flights.
		The Curtiss NC-4 flying boat on the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio.
	roynagl.topcities.com /nc4.htm (639 words)

	Glenn Hammond Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Born in Hammondsport, New York, Curtiss began building and flying his own designs, eventually winning the Scientific American Trophy for flying the June Bug, the first public flight of an airplane over the distance of one kilometer.
		It was on a seaplane that Curtiss first introduced his invention, the aileron, which allowed for more directional control than the wing warping that had been designed by the Wright brothers.
		Curtiss also built the widely utilized JN-4 trainer (the "Jenny") and the Navy-Curtiss NC-4, which made the first crossing of the Atlantic in 1919.
	www.hill.af.mil /museum/history/ghcurtiss.htm (145 words)

	Curtiss NC \| THG Lexikon
		Bei der Curtiss NC handelt es sich um eine Flugbootbaureihe des US-amerikanischen Flugzeugbauers Glenn Curtiss.
		Curtiss legte den Verantwortlichen der Marine verschiedene Entwürfe vor, darunter auch ein fünfmotoriges Modell, das aber als zu komplex abgelehnt wurde.
		NC stand für "Navy-Curtiss"; die Bezeichnung sollte die enge Zusammenarbeit der Marine mit Curtiss dokumentieren.
	www.tomshardware.de /lexikon/Curtiss_NC-4 (760 words)

	Carl M. Curtiss, MD, cardiologist at Highlands-Cashiers Hospital
		A native of Ohio, Dr. Curtiss earned his medical degree from Ohio State University's College of Medicine in Columbus, and completed his internship and residency in internal medicine, as well as his fellowship in cardiology, at the University of Minnesota Hospitals in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
		Dr. Curtiss is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in both internal medicine and cardiovascular disease.
		Curtiss is part of the staff of the Northeast Georgia Heart Center, in Gainesville, GA, which opened the Mountain Heart Center in Highlands in the winter of 2006.
	www.hchospital.org /docpages/curtiss.htm (271 words)

	Glenn Curtiss Memorial Park (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Curtiss builds his first motorcycle, mounting a mail-order engine on one of his Hercules bicycles.
		May: Curtiss returns to Hammondsport, NY, rents part of North Island to the Army as a pilot training base.
		Curtiss "Jenny" on the shore of Keuka Lake.
	www.glenncurtissmemorialpark.com /curtisshistory.html (818 words)

	Curtiss NC
		Curtiss NC The Curtiss NC (Navy Curtiss, nicknamed "Nancy boat" or "Nancy") was a flying boat used by the United States Navy from 1918 through the early 1920s.
		The Navy and Curtiss came up with one of the largest biplane designs yet produced, equipped with sleeping quarters and a wireless transmitter/receiver.
		The other three NCs, NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4, set out on what was intended as the first demonstration of transatlantic flight, via Newfoundland and the Azores, on 8 May 1919, with Marc Mitscher in the NC-1 in command.
	www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_NC-3 (442 words)

	Sea Service Firsts
		Eugene Ely, a Curtiss pilot, launches from an 83 foot wooden platform built over the ram bow of the cruiser USS Birmingham in Chesapeake Bay on 14 November 1910.
		His aircraft is a Curtiss pusher land plane powered by a vertical, four-cylinder, water cooled 50 hp Curtiss engine.
		Curtiss and Wright each include training for one pilot and one mechanic with the aircraft.
	www.bluejacket.com /sea-service_firsts.htm (1623 words)

	Glenn Curtiss Museum at Hammondsport. New York - Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
		In the years 1908 to 1912, Curtiss designed and built a number of the earliest seaplanes and flying boats.
		It was powered with a Curtiss engine, modified from those used on Curtiss motorcycles.
		In their third airplane, the June Bug, Curtiss, on July 4, 1908, covered a distance of 1552 m (5090 ft) in 1 min 42.5 sec., winning the first American award, the Scientific American Trophy, given for an airplane flight.
	www.galenfrysinger.com /glenn_curtiss_hammondsport_ny.htm (405 words)

	Tale of the Nancy Boats Flight Journal - Find Articles
		Curtiss, who was somewhat whimsical in assigning airplane model designations, suggested that the new plane be called the TH-I, for Taylor and Hunsaker.
		The Navy finally called it the NC, to identify the Navy-Curtiss collaboration, and Curtiss was given a contract to build four NCs in his Buffalo plant.
		Curtiss was to be responsible for the wing and tail details while the Navy would design the hull and the powerplant installation.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_199908/ai_n8858863 (881 words)

	Heroes by Any Definition
		As the nation begins its celebration of the Wright Brothers' first flight, we are afforded an opportunity to reflect on their enormous accomplishment and particularly on the profound effect it had on the future of the U.S. Navy.
		On 14 November 1910, civilian pilot Eugene Ely flew a Curtiss pusher airplane from a wooden platform on the bow of the USS Birmingham (CL-2) at anchor in Hampton Roads, Virginia.
		Beginning with Glenn Curtiss, whose early seaplane designs and revolutionary racers gave naval aviation the impetus it needed in its formative years, U.S. naval aviation was fortunate to be the beneficiary of their foresight, determination, and genius.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,NI_Heroes_1203,00.html (2643 words)

	NAVY CURTISS (NC-4)
		Unlike the epic solo flight of Charles A. Lindbergh some eight years later, the crossing of the NC-4 was not made nonstop but, rather, was achieved in a kind of hop, skip and a jump that required almost two weeks to complete.
		The NC (Navy Curtiss) flying boats were produced after Rear Admiral David Taylor, then the Navy's chief of construction and repair, determined in 1917 that the United States needed a seaplane capable of flying across the Atlantic to strike at German U-boats in European coastal waters.
		The NC flying boats, which carried a five-man crew, featured a highly efficient, streamlined fuselage (actually a hull) that proved to be exceptionally seaworthy.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aerojava/CURTISSNC-4.htm (498 words)

	military-aircraft-nc-4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Shortly after the USA's entry into the First World War in April 1917, the US Navy Bureau of Construction and repair collaborated with Curtiss in the design of a flying boat able to cross the Atlantic and be immediately available for operation.
		This NC (Navy Curtiss) design had a short hull supporting biplane wings and three tractor engines, while the biplane tail unit was located at the end of three booms, two of them projecting from the upper wing and the third from the rear of the hull.
		Construction of 10 boats was planned (four by Curtiss and six by the Naval Aircraft Factory), but only the first Curtiss boat had been completed by the end of the war, and another three from the same source were finished in 1919.
	www.highgallery.com /military-aircraft-nc-4.html (205 words)

	NATIONAL MUSEUM of NAVAL AVIATION - EXHIBITS
		Her intrepid crew represented attributes that have been subsequently passed down through generations of aviators, combining technical prowess, an element of daring, and mental and physical fortitude.
		On 8 May, the three NC (Navy/Curtiss) series flying boats took off from Long Island, New York to attempt that first crossing of the Atlantic Ocean by air.
		Two of the three aircraft (NC-1 and NC-3) were forced to land in heavy seas to take a navigation fix during the long Newfoundland-Azores Islands leg of the journey.
	naval.aviation.museum /exhibits/NC_4.html (411 words)

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		Rare photograph of aviator D. France and a Curtiss ORIOLE at Chaplin Airdrome, 1919 (designed by William Gilmore, this postwar 2-passenger plus pilot craft had a laminated wood veneer fuselage and was powered with either a Curtiss* 150 hp K-6 or 160 hp C-6 engine).
		This conversion of a Curtiss H-16 flying boat moved the pilot between the wings while the entire forward hull was a passenger cabin.
		In 1921 Curtiss pilot Bert Acosta won the Pulitzer Trophy (here shown with the trophy) flying this D-12 powered Model 23 Curtiss Racer CR-2 176.7 mph, a new closed-circuit record, though holding back due to a broken wing wire (The first Pulitzer Trophy Race was in 1920).
	www.glennhcurtiss.com /id27_m.htm (2861 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		In collaboration with Alexander Graham Bell and others interested in flight, Curtiss was instrumental in forming the Aerial Experiment Association at Hammondsport, producing the groups first airplane in March 1908.
		Without benefit of previous flight experience, Curtiss flew the Association's second aircraft a distance of over one thousand feet on May 22, 1908.
		Over the next several years his aircraft designs and successful advanced performance engines led Curtiss to establish many speed and distance records in the U.S. and Europe, proving the practicability of the airplane.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/curtiss.htm (328 words)

	Glenn Curtiss
		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/index.html (1009 words)

	Towers, Lieut. John H
		The flight was made in what is known as the flying boat, a product of the Curtiss factory, which was recently added to the equipment at the aviation camp at Annapolis.
		The other NC boats were not so fortunate; both had lost their bearings in thick fog and landed at sea to determine their positions.
		The only one of three NC boats to reach the Azores by air, the NC-4 arrived the afternoon of the 17th, and after a layover of 10 days, covered the last leg of the crossing to Lisbon.
	home.earthlink.net /~ralphcooper/biotower.htm (977 words)

	THEODORE PAUL WRIGHT: AERONAUICAL ENGINEER AND IDEALIST
		Afterwards, he was assigned as a naval aircraft inspector to the Glen Curtiss plant at Garden City on Long Island.
		There in 1919 he was chief inspector for the Curtiss NC-4 flying boats which achieved the first crossing of the Atlantic by air.
		He apparently reconciled participation in the war despite his father's pacifism by believing that it was "the war to end wars".
	www.harvardsquarelibrary.org /unitarians/wright_t.html (1639 words)

	John Henry Towers, Admiral, United States Navy
		One of the most spectacular incidents of his career was 1919 flight of three NC Navy planes that took off from Newfoundland and sought to cross Atlantic.
		A native of Rome, Georgia, Towers was graduated by the United States Naval Academy in 1906 and then went to sea, serving with distinction aboard the battleship Kentucky.
		It was in 1919 that he led the Navy's attempted trans-Atlantic flight of Curtiss NC flying boats.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /jhtowers.htm (1279 words)

	CG Aviation History
		This is the location where the NC flying boats were assembled and tested and preparations made for the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
		The overall length of the plane was 68 feet 3 inches and the wing span was 126 feet, The aircraft was designated NC, the N was for Navy and the C for Curtiss.
		There had been no departure date given the press so there was little fanfare as the three NC flying boats lifted off at 10:00 am on the 8th of May. The NC-4 had flown only once prior to the departure and the leg to Halifax was to serve as the "shakedown' flight.
	uscgaviationhistory.aoptero.org /history01.html (19666 words)

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