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GLENN H. CURTISS
1878-1930
ACCOMPLISHMENTS INCLUDE
- 1901 Pioneer motercycle designer and racer
- 1903 1st American motercycle champion--world record:56.4 sec. mile
- 1904 Thomas Scott Baldwin mounts Curtiss’ engine on hydrogen-filled dirigble
- 1904 Set ten mile world speed record
- 1904 Invented handlebar throttle control
- 1905 Set world speed records for 1, 2, and 3 miles
- 1905 Created G.H. Curtiss Manufacturing Comany, Inc.
- 1906 Curtiss writes to Wright brothers offering them an aeronautical motor
- 1907 Curtiss joins Alexander Graham Bell in experimenting in aircraft
- 1907 Set world speed record of 77.6 mph
- 1907 “Fastest Man in the World” at 136.36 mph (V8 motercycle)
- 1908 First flight of aircraft controlled by ailerons
- 1908 Lead designer and pilot of “June Bug”, first offical public flight in US
- 1908 “Flight engineer” for 1st Army dirigible trial
- 1909 First US licensed aircraft manufacturer
- 1909 Produced and sold first private aircraft in US
- 1909 Won first international air speed record with 46.5mph - Rheims, France
- 1910 Long distance flying record of 150 miles from Albany to New York
- 1910 Established Flying School and Exhibition Company
- 1910 First simulated bombing runs from an aircraft at Lake Keuka
- 1910 Firt firearm used from an aircraft, piloted by Curtiss
- 1910 Trained Blanche Stuart Scott, first American female pilot
- 1910 First successful takeoff from a United States Navy ship
- 1911 First landing on a ship
- 1911 RECEIVED PILOT’S LICENSE NUMBER ONE for “June Bug” flight
- 1911 Ailerons patented
- 1911 First successful pontoon aircraft in US
- 1911 “Father of Naval Aviation”, Hydroaeroplane A-1 purchased by USN
- 1911 First dual pilot control
- 1911 First retractable landing gear (Hydroaeroplane)
- 1912 Developed and flew first flying boat (demonstrated on Lake Keuka)
- 1914-1918 Produced 6,000 “Jennys”, trainer for WWI
- 1919 Curtiss NC-4 flying boat - first to cross Atlantic
- 1919 Commenced private aircraft production with Oriole
- 1919 Developed streamlined travel trailer
- 1921 Developed Hialeah, Florida including Hialeah Racetrack
- 1923 Developed Miami Springs, Florida (named in 1930)
- 1923 (circa) Created first airboats
- 1926 Developed Opa-Locka, Florida
- 1928 Created the Curtiss Aerocar Company in Opa-Locka, Florida
- 1928 Curtiss towed an Aerocar from Miami to New York in 39 hours
- 1930 Produced over 500 inventions in his life time
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