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  • 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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    …flights with the next aircraft, White Wing, on May 17–23, 1908, the best of which measured 1,017 feet (310 metres) in length. Curtiss won the Scientific American Trophy on July 4, 1908, for a flight of more than 1 km (3,280 feet) aboard the June Bug. McCurdy made the first…

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    …flights with the next aircraft, White Wing, on May 17–23, 1908, the best of which measured 1,017 feet (310 metres) in length. Curtiss won the Scientific American Trophy on July 4, 1908, for a flight of more than 1 km (3,280 feet) aboard the June Bug. McCurdy made the first…

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