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Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Glenn Hammond Curtiss, c. 1909. Curtiss Model E flying boat AEA June BugAmerican aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss flying the AEA June Bug at Hammondsport, N.Y., on July 4, 1908, a feat that won the Scientific American Trophy for the first public flight of at least 1 km (0.6 mile) with an American airplane.
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NASA's Reduced Gravity Program provides the unique weightless or zero-G environment of space flight for testing and training of human and hardware reactions. NASA used the turbojet KC-135A to run these parabolic flights from 1963 to 2004.
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Glenn Hammond Curtiss: References & Edit History

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Anniversary information added. May 17, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jul 19, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Feb 26, 2024
Modified link of Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Jun 10, 2020
Add new Web site: AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame - Biography of Glenn Curtiss. Dec 08, 2016
Add new Web site: National Inventors Hall of Fame - Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Jan 13, 2014
Add new Web site: National Aviation Hall of Fame - Biography of Glenn Hammond Curtiss. Jan 13, 2014
Added new Web site: Glenn H. Curtiss Museum - Biography of Glenn H. Curtiss. Oct 16, 2007
Added new Web site: The California State Military Museum - Glenn Hammond Curtiss and California Aviation. Oct 16, 2007
Media added. Jul 02, 2007
Article revised and updated. Apr 06, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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