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Glenn Curtiss

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Curtiss on Curtiss

The aviation pioneer chronicled his life and work in a once rare (but now freely downloadable) 1912 book.
March 01, 2008 | By airspacemag.com

When the twin-engine America proved underpowered, Curtiss added a third engine. It worked on Keuka Lake, but fuel consumption proved too high for an Atlantic crossing.

America the Cruisable

The seaplane Glenn Curtiss designed in 1914 may have had trouble on the ocean, but its reproduction is delighting a whole town on a lake.
March 2008 | By James Wynbrandt

The 1912 Model F flying boat, which Curtiss sold to the U.S. Army.

Glenn Curtiss Slept Here

Has Hammondsport, New York, done right by its most famous citizen?
July 2006 | By Phil Scott


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