Glenn Hammond Curtiss ~ 72 patents, including designs for gasoline engines, motorcycles, dirigibles, aeroplanes, flying boats, commercial aircraft, Navy planes. Land speed record holder for 23 years. [3000x1757 - 834KB]

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Birthday Boy Glenn Hammond Curtiss ~ 72 patents, including designs for gasoline engines, motorcycles, dirigibles, aeroplanes, flying boats, commercial aircraft, Navy planes. Land speed record holder for 23 years. [3000x1757 - 834KB] (pic8.co)

Note Race and Gender: White Male

Unknown breed of dog.

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 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. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.

Curtiss won a race at the world's first international air meet in France and made the first long-distance flight in the U.S. His contributions in designing and building aircraft led to the formation of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. His company built aircraft for the U.S. Army and Navy, and, during the years leading up to World War I, his experiments with seaplanes led to advances in naval aviation. Curtiss civil and military aircraft were predominant in the interwar and World War II eras.

8 cylinder motorcycle upon which he set a land speed record of 136.3 miles per hour on Jan. 23, 1907 at Ormond Beach, Fla.:

https://i.ibb.co/SwrP7cH/Glenn-Hammond-Curtiss-8-cylinder-land-speed-record-motorcycle.jpg

Note: This 8 cylinder motorcycle had NO BRAKES! Fuck it, who needs them when you want to go fast.

The literary character Tom Swift was modeled after Mr. Curtiss:

https://i.ibb.co/pR9M9RB/Screenshot-from-2021-05-21-05-04-11.png

Glenn Curtiss was truly a living legend in his time. Every red blooded boy in America wanted to be like him.

Not long after Curtiss' death, his company produced one of the first all metal fighter airplanes, the iconic Curtiss P-40, of "Flying Tigers" fame:

https://www.historynet.com/curtiss-p-40-warhawk-one-of-ww-iis-most-famous-fighters.htm

Some informative sites :

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Glenn-Hammond-Curtiss

https://firstflight.org/glenn-hammond-curtiss/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss

invent.org/inductees/glenn-hammond-curtiss

The following sites are not secure:

https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/about-the-man-glenn-h-curtiss.php

http://aviation-history.com/early/curtiss.htm

https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/curtiss-glenn/

Note Race and Gender: White Male Unknown breed of dog. 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 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. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines. Curtiss won a race at the world's first international air meet in France and made the first long-distance flight in the U.S. His contributions in designing and building aircraft led to the formation of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. His company built aircraft for the U.S. Army and Navy, and, during the years leading up to World War I, his experiments with seaplanes led to advances in naval aviation. Curtiss civil and military aircraft were predominant in the interwar and World War II eras. 8 cylinder motorcycle upon which he set a land speed record of 136.3 miles per hour on Jan. 23, 1907 at Ormond Beach, Fla.: https://i.ibb.co/SwrP7cH/Glenn-Hammond-Curtiss-8-cylinder-land-speed-record-motorcycle.jpg Note: This 8 cylinder motorcycle had NO BRAKES! Fuck it, who needs them when you want to go fast. The literary character Tom Swift was modeled after Mr. Curtiss: https://i.ibb.co/pR9M9RB/Screenshot-from-2021-05-21-05-04-11.png Glenn Curtiss was truly a living legend in his time. Every red blooded boy in America wanted to be like him. Not long after Curtiss' death, his company produced one of the first all metal fighter airplanes, the iconic Curtiss P-40, of "Flying Tigers" fame: https://www.historynet.com/curtiss-p-40-warhawk-one-of-ww-iis-most-famous-fighters.htm Some informative sites : https://www.britannica.com/biography/Glenn-Hammond-Curtiss https://firstflight.org/glenn-hammond-curtiss/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss invent.org/inductees/glenn-hammond-curtiss The following sites are not secure: https://www.glennhcurtissmuseum.org/about-the-man-glenn-h-curtiss.php http://aviation-history.com/early/curtiss.htm https://www.nationalaviation.org/our-enshrinees/curtiss-glenn/

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