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...
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Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1909–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer originally founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Moore Herring...
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The Curtiss JN "Jenny" is a series of biplanes built by the Glenn Curtiss Aeroplane Company of Hammondsport, New York, later the Curtiss Aeroplane and...
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successful. In 1914, Glenn Curtiss had recently exhausted the appeal process in a patent infringement legal battle with the Wrights. Curtiss sought to prove...
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Wright brothers patent war (redirect from Wright-Curtiss Patent dispute)
aviation pioneer, Glenn Curtiss, in an attempt to collect licensing fees. In 1910, they won their initial lawsuit against Curtiss, when Federal Judge...
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USS Curtiss (AV-4) was the first purpose-built seaplane tender constructed for the United States Navy. She was named for Glenn Curtiss, an American naval...
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Curtiss V-8 motorcycle was a 269 cu in (4,410 cc) V8 engine-powered motorcycle designed and built by aviation and motorcycling pioneer Glenn Curtiss that...
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The Glenn H. Curtiss Mansion and Gardens is a historic home located at 500 Deer Run in Miami Springs, Florida and open to the public as an event space...
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recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau was 13,859. The city was founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss, "The Father of Naval Aviation", and James Bright, during the famous...
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The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum is a transportation museum in Hammondsport, New York with a focus on the early aviator Glenn H. Curtiss. The 60,000 square...
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the design concept. The aircraft was designed by Glenn Curtiss and his team, and manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, with the hull built...
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Aerodrome on short test flights Glenn Curtiss and his team made with it in 1914. The Smithsonian had allowed Curtiss to make major modifications to the...
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impact, one of its members, Glenn Curtiss, later established a commercial venture that would ultimately become the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company...
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The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and...
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Opa-locka was founded in 1926 by American aviator and industrialist Glenn Curtiss, who was inspired by the Middle Eastern folk tales of the One Thousand...
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opportunities" because of it. The Curtiss Motorcycles name is a reference to aviation and motorcycle pioneer Glenn Curtiss. Chambers had defended the Confederate...
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generally recognized motorcycle speed records were set unofficially by Glenn Curtiss, using aircraft engines of his own manufacture, first in 1903, when...
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AEA June Bug (redirect from Curtiss Model C)
the Aerial Experiment Association (A.E.A) in 1908 and flown by Glenn Hammond Curtiss. The aircraft was the first American airplane to fly at least 1km...
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Hammondsport, New York (category Curtiss-Wright Company)
emerge in and around Hammondsport. Pioneer aviation engineer and pilot Glenn Curtiss was born in Hammondsport, where he built several types of aircraft,...
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designed and built by Glenn Curtiss. After his success with designing aircraft for the Aerial Experiment Association, Glenn Curtiss formed his own company...
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The Curtiss Model E is an early aircraft developed by Glenn Curtiss in the United States in 1911. Essentially a refined and enlarged version of the later...
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over credit for the invention of the aileron. The Wright brothers and Glenn Curtiss fought a years-long legal battle over the Wright patent of 1906, which...
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The Death of DJ Junebug AEA June Bug, an early aircraft designed by Glenn Curtiss and built in 1908 June bug (cocktail), an alcoholic beverage "June Bug"...
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airplanes were developed and tested on Keuka Lake by aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss. The Y-shaped empties into another Finger Lake, Seneca Lake, at the...
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The Curtiss Autoplane, invented by Glenn Curtiss in 1917, is widely considered the first attempt to build a roadable aircraft. Although the vehicle was...
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restored. In 1914, Glenn Curtiss had recently exhausted the appeal process in a patent infringement legal battle with the Wrights. Curtiss sought to prove...
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Robert K. Heaton, Gordon J. Chelune, Jack L. Talley, Gary G. Kay, and Glenn Curtiss. Stimulus cards are shown to the participant and the participant is...
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Hammondsport; hence the name the "Silver Dart". Its Kirkham engine, supplied by Glenn Curtiss, was a reliable V-8 that developed 50 horsepower (37 kW) at 1,000 RPM...
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for most of its service life. The OX-5 was the last in a series of Glenn Curtiss designed V engines, which started as a series of air-cooled V-twins...
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the attention and admiration of pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss who gave her flying lessons at the Curtiss flying school, in Hammondsport, New York, America's...
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