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Glenn Hammond Curtiss: Quick Facts

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Born May 21, 1878 • Hammondsport • New York
Died July 23, 1930 (aged 52) • Buffalo • New York

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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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