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The Story of the Early Birds by Henry Serrano Villard |
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Curtiss Album 1909 |
Curtiss Album 1910 |
Curtiss Album 1911-1920 |
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Curtiss Sales Booklet 1912 |
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According to the Airman Glenn H. Curtiss, Knoxville Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: February 21, 1914, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 4-18-07 Mr. Curtiss tonight said the plans for the big machine to fly over the ocean are virtually settled on. When completed, the craft will weigh three tons and will be three times the size of any airboat yet attempted by American genius. The engine has an estimated fuel consuming capacity of 100 pounds of gasoline an hour, and under normal conditions will supply 200 horsepower. "It merely is a big machine with a lot of power," said Mr. Curtiss. "There is nothing freakish about it. If we can get a favorable wind for the flight, so much the better, but I want to have power enough to make the distance regardless of the wind. I rather think the chances are in favor of our making the trip at the first trial." |
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Coshockton, Ohio, July 25, 1930 Transcribed by Richard Arthur Norton, 3-22-06 Home Town to Get Body of Curtiss World Famous Air Pioneer to Be Buried, Friday, at N. Y. Village, Scene of Triumph THRILLED WORLD IN 1908 Movement Already on Foot to Create Permanent Memorial to Great Motor Genius By JAMES L. KILGALLEN I. N. S. Staff Correspondent. -----Here, in the picturesque village of Hammondsport, known locally as the "cradle of aviation," Glenn H. Curtiss, world famous aviation pioneer who died unespectedly in a Buffalo hospital, will b buried at 4 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. It was here, at the old race track, on July 4, 1908, that this man of unsurpassed vision electrified the universe by making the first officially-observed airplane flight of one mile in a box-like contraption which he had named the "June Bug." It was here that aviation, under the genius of Curtiss, was nurtured and developed, more than any other spot in America. It was here, hard by Lake Keuka in central New York the Curtiss, Dr. Alexander Graham Bell and three associates conducted a long series of successful aeronautical esperiments, marked by the building of the first government dirigible balloon, the invention of the first hydro-airplane, the flying boat and the first amphibian. The body of Mr. Curtiss was brought here early today from Buffalo where he died suddenly yesterday morning. He had undergone an operation for chronic appendicitis in the Buffalo general hospital two weeks ago and as recently as Monday his condition was regarded as favorable. But yesterday he unexpectedly relapsed into a coma, and death came quickly. And so, late last night, they brought the body back to Hammondsport, his birthplace and summer home. The body was taken to the Curtiss residence. Reverend G. P. Summerville, rector of St. James Episcopal church |
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