Glenn Curtiss
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S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships, and with his V8 engine in the Curtiss V-8 motorcycle set an unofficial world speed record, for all kinds of vehicles, that was not broken until 1911.
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Glenn Curtiss on his V-8 motorcycle in 1907
The June Bug on its prize-winning historic flight with Curtiss at the controls
Souvenir postcard of the Grande Semaine d'Aviation, 1909
Pilot Eugene Ely takes off from USS Birmingham, Hampton Roads, Virginia, 14 November 1910
Curtiss flying boat being tested on Keuka Lake, New York (c. 1910-1915)
"Firm Believers in Trans-Atlantic Aviation", Porte and Curtiss on the cover of Aero and Hydro, March 14, 1914
A Curtiss JN-4 (Jenny) on a training flight during World War IAwards 5
Connected to Glenn 6
Henry H. ArnoldAlso won Collier Trophy
James E. WebbAlso won Langley Gold Medal
Elliot RichardsonAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Guion BlufordAlso won National Aviation Hall of Fame
George AbbottAlso won honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Joe EngleAlso won National Aviation Hall of FameAbout this person
Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships, and with his V8 engine in the Curtiss V-8 motorcycle set an unofficial world speed record, for all kinds of vehicles, that was not broken until 1911.
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