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	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - Glenn Hammond Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Curtiss was born in 1878 in Hammondsport, New York, a small town on Keuka Lake in the midst of the wine country in the Finger Lakes region.
		Glenn's father and grandfather both died when he was a child, his upbringing taken over by the women in the family.
		Curtiss did not realize it at the time but his engines were drawing a great deal of interest, not only with motorcyclists, but with aviation enthusiasts as well.
	www.curtisswright.com /history/1876-1908.asp (2340 words)

	Glenn Hammond Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Curtiss konstruoti dviejų cilindrų varikliai netruko patraukti motociklininkų ir pirmųjų lėktuvų statytojų dėmesį.
		Curtiss parengė dviejų variklių lėktuvą „Amerika“ – tai buvo vienas iš didžiausių to meto lėktuvų, bandomas Keuka ežere.
		Patyręs šiuos laimėjimus Glenn Curtiss pradėjo kurti karo lėktuvus Pirmojo pasaulinio karo kovoms ir specializavosi mokomuosiuose, žvalgybiniuose bei patruliavimo, jūrų valtyse ir amfibijose.
	www.lizdas.lt /aviacija/amerika/konstruktoriai/glenn_curtiss.htm (2074 words)

	The Curtiss Aviation Book Part I
		Glenn was afterwards taught how to prune and tie vines and gather fruit and at harvest time he was often seen with pony and wagon making a fast run to the station to get the last load of grapes on the train.
		The first one developed was destined to open up to Curtiss a new field of action, one that furnished the opportunity for new speed records, and enlarged the scope of his activities beyond the limits of the little town and the valley, and spread before him possibilities as wide as the boundaries of the continent.
		Curtiss' rule, as he expresses it, is: "What is the need of racing unless you think you are going to win; and if you are beaten before you start, why take a chance?" But there are other considerations for the builder of racing machines to take into account.
	invention.psychology.msstate.edu /i/Curtiss/CurtissBoyhood.html (5483 words)

	Glenn Curtiss House--Aviation: From Sand Dunes to Sonic Booms: A National Register of Historic Places Travel Itinerary
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss, born in 1878 in Hammondsport, New York, was a rival of the Wright Brothers.
		The Glenn Curtiss House is one of the largest and most architecturally distinguished of the Pueblo Revival residences associated with Curtiss's Miami Springs development.
		The Glenn Curtiss House, at 500 Deer Run in Miami Springs, Florida, is one block off of NW 36th St. It is currently not open to the public while it is being restored to serve as a museum honoring the life of Glenn Curtiss.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/aviation/gle.htm (742 words)

	Glenn Curtiss: The Forgotten Eagle - a documentary on WSKG TV
		Glenn Curtiss is credited with with the first publicly announced flight of an airplane in the United States, taking place in Hammondsport, NY on July 4, 1908.
		Curtiss' design using wind flaps, which the Wrights never specifically claimed in their patent, is a key element still used in aviation today.
		Glenn Curtiss was the first man to prove that planes would be able to take off and land from a carrier at sea.
	www.wskg.com /curtiss.htm (343 words)

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		Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born in Hammondsport, at the southern tip of Keuka Lake, New York, on May 21, 1878. ; At the age of four he was left without a father and lived with his Grandmother.
		To the young Glenn Curtiss the motorcycle was a challenge for his ingenuity and he soon built a better one. In 1902, he formed his own company, the G. Curtiss Manufacturing Company, and went into production of his "Hercules" motorcycle.
		In 1930 Glenn Hammond Curtiss was presented the Congressional Medal of Honor. In an anniversary flight he retraced his Albany to New York route of twenty years before. He passed away in July,1930, leaving behind a legacy for the benefit of the entire aviation community.
	californianavalaviation.homestead.com /GlennCurtiss1.html (1214 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - Glenn Hammond Curtiss - To Get into the Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Curtiss was the engine expert of the AEA, a group of young men who sought to design and build an airplane, mentored by Bell and financed by Bell and his wife.
		Curtiss provided each of the young men of the AEA with a motorcycle; the Bells purchased a 4-cylinder Peerless automobile for transportation about the area.
		Curtiss, seeing the Wrights as potential buyers of his lightweight engines, wrote them offering any one of his engines as a free sample for their use.
	www.curtisswright.com /history/1893-1912.asp (1240 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		Thomas Baldwin, born in 1854, was one of the older of the earliest aviators.
		Glenn Curtiss and the other members of the AEA gathered around the June Bug after a triumphant flight.
		Curtiss entered his first motorcycle race in 1902 and although he did not win, his mechanical talents were recognized, and many motorcycle enthusiasts ordered his rugged, well performing machine.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Explorers_Record_Setters_and_Daredevils/Curtiss/EX3.htm (1503 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".
		Glenn Curtiss participates in the first large-scale air show in the U.S., in Los Angeles.
	www.aero-web.org /history/aviators/gcurtiss.html (417 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		In 1901, Glenn Hammond Curtiss established his own motorcycle-manufacturing company and soon became known throughout the industry for his mechanical innovations.
		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.
		Glenn Curtiss Memorial Park project and the Glenn H. Curtiss museum website.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/curtiss.htm (328 words)

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		Glenn H. Curtiss was born in Hammondsport, New York on May 21,1878.
		Glenn had a fascination for speed, so it was just a matter of time before he began tinkering with the idea of motorizing one of his bikes.
		Glenn's fascination soon changed from land vehicles to air vehicles as he added his engines first to dirigibles and then, as World War I spread across Europe, he produced sea planes powered by his own engines.
	www.rvtravelog.com /curtiss.dir/curtiss1.htm (568 words)

	First Flight Shrine: Glenn Hammond Curtiss - The First Flight Society - The First Flight Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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)

	About Glenn H. Curtiss Museum
		The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum, bearing the name of Hammondsport's favorite son, is located on Route 54, one half mile south of the village of Hammondsport, New York.
		Glenn Curtiss began his career as a builder of bicycles and then, motorcycles.
		Glenn Curtiss won world recognition as an aircraft builder and pilot in 1909 when he won the Gordon Bennett Trophy for speed at the First International Aviation Meet held in Rheims, France.
	www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org /museum/about.htm (529 words)

	Glenn Curtiss left indelible mark on aviation history
		Glenn Curtiss lent his name to many patents and successful business ventures, but the complex life story of one of mobility's pioneers is not as well known.
		Glenn Curtiss was one of the most influential men in the development of the motorcycle with its industry, the airplane with its industry, and the travel trailer with its industry - not to mention the development of southeastern Florida."
		In his 52-years (1878 - 1930) Glenn Curtiss parlayed an eighth grade education into the titles "Fastest Man on Earth", "Father of Naval Aviation", inventor of the aileron, holder of the first pilots license, motorcycle design innovator, and one of the most creative inventors and transportation designers of all time.
	www.sae.org /news/releases/glenncurtiss.htm (463 words)

	Glenn H. Curtiss
		Curtiss was quickly gaining a national reputation as an expert on lightweight, powerful engines, and by 1906, virtually anyone operating a dirigible in the U.S. was using a Curtiss engine.
		Curtiss went on to perfect the "Flying Boat"(literally, a boat with wings), which in a later form would be the first aircraft to cross the Atlantic (NC-4, May 27 th, 1919).
		Curtiss will always be associated with his flying boats and the dawning of American naval aviation prior to the First World War.
	www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org /educational/glenn_curtiss.htm (1944 words)

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		Curtiss designed an airplane, named the June Bug, that took flight in 1908 and won several notable awards including the Scientific American trophy three times, the Gordon Bennett Cup and the Prix de la Vitesse.
		As an aviator and inventor, Curtiss generated over 70 patents during his lifetime, including designs for dirigibles, airplanes, flying boats, commercial aircraft, Navy planes, and the aileron, which is a device for maintaining the lateral balance of airplanes.
		Curtiss married Lena Neff at the age of 20 and had one child, Glenn.
	www.invent.org /images/images_hof/induction/docs/Curtiss.doc (615 words)

	Amazon.ca: Unlocking the Sky: Glenn Hammond Curtiss and the Race to Invent the Airplane: Books: Seth Shulman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss appears to be a fascinating and underrated participant in the development of human flight.
		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.
		Curtiss was a great pilot and inventor, why did the author have to bash the Wright's attempt to save their patent.
	www.amazon.ca /Unlocking-Sky-Hammond-Curtiss-Airplane/dp/0060956151 (1659 words)

	Glenn Curtiss
		Glenn Curtiss was an aviation pioneer who went on to form his own aircraft company.
		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.
		A Curtiss plane was used to make the first takeoff and landing on the deck of a ship in 1911.
	www.centennialofflight.gov /essay/Dictionary/Curtiss/DI19.htm (456 words)

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		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 (268 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 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 H. Curtiss - USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Glenn H. Curtiss was a noted motorcycle builder and racer.
		As early as 1906 Curtiss was trying to sell his engine designs to the Wright brothers for use in their aircraft.
		It was in that same year, 1908, that the Association was successful in building the "June Bug", an aircraft powered by a Curtiss engine that won the Scientific American Trophy for the first flight in the United States covering a distance of one kilometer.
	www.aviation-history.com /early/curtiss.htm (206 words)

	Glenn Curtiss (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The first such experiment was while Curtiss was a member of the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) with Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Baldwin, J. McCurdy and Lt. Selfridge.
		Curtiss succeeded in rising from the water with this plane on January 26, 1911.
		Curtiss was trying to create the first pontoon airplane and take off from San Diego Bay.
	members.cox.net /alpinejack/glenn_curtiss.htm (323 words)

	Aviationboom - Pioneers Glenn H. Curtiss
		Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
		In August 1909, Curtiss competed in a Grande Semaine d'Aviation flying contest at Reims, France, organised by the Aero-Club de France.
		On the first day of the competition, Curtiss was sued by the Wright Brothers, who alleged their patent was being infringed.
	www.aviationboom.com /pioneers/glenn_curtiss.shtml (377 words)

	Glenn Curtiss Flight Journal - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Since Curtiss had spent much of his life defying death on bikes, motorcycles, airplanes, gliders, autos, boats and airships, his sudden eclipse was ironic.
		Curtiss had often been called the "Father of naval aviation." Future admirals Holden Richardson, Jack Towers and Lanny Callan were honorary pallbearers.
		Kirk House, formerly director/curator of the Curtiss Museum, is author of "Hell-Rider to King of the Air: Glenn Curtiss's Life of Innovation"; available from SAE International (www.sae.org).
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_200506/ai_n13641125 (745 words)

	Aviation Heritage Golden Age Early Birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Glenn H. Curtiss was born May 21, 1878, at Hammondsport, New York.
		Members designed and built various "aerodromes" but on May 22, 1908, when Glenn successfully flew his "White Wing" a distance of 1,017 feet, additional fame was added to his achievements and the new field of aeronautics beckoned to him.
		Glenn Curtiss was awarded the Gold Medal of the Aero Club of America in December 1911, and again in December 1912.
	aviation-heritage.com /eZine/Bio03.htm (646 words)

	Glenn Hammond Curtiss — FactMonster.com
		Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878–1930, American inventor and aviation pioneer, b.
		He organized (1916) the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corp., which built many planes for the Allied nations during World War I. After the war Curtiss continued to contribute radical improvements in the design of both planes and motors.
		Glenn Curtiss - Glenn Curtiss Born: 1878 Hydroaeroplane.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0814324.html (188 words)

	Curtiss-Wright Corporation - The Spirit of Innovation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		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/Default.asp (2902 words)

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