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2 days ago · The JN-4, designed by Glenn Curtiss, a pioneer in aviation, was a biplane with a wooden frame and fabric covering. It was powered by a 90-horsepower engine and could reach a top speed of around 90 miles per hour. While not the most advanced aircraft of its time, the JN-4 possessed a unique advantage: its ease of manufacture and operation.
2 days ago · Assisted S.P. Langley (May – Nov 1895); test pilot for Octave Chanute; designed the Herring regulator; designed and constructed a compressed-air motorized biplane and reported a 15-meter hop (10 Oct 1898) and a 22-meter hop (12 Oct 1898); business partners with Glenn Curtiss (1909).
1 day ago · By land, air and sea. A Curtiss C-46 Commando, a vintage cargo plane from World War II, sits at the entrance to the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport. The village of Hammondsport is a quintessential vacation town, better known for the ways in which one can slow down there — namely, relaxing by the Keuka Lake and enjoying a glass of wine ...
5 days ago · 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.
4 days ago · Stone would fly in a flying boat designed by Glenn Curtiss, a vehicle described by Colonel Robert H. Rankin and Norman N. Rubin's "The Story Of Coast Guard Aviation" as "a triplane flying boat ...
5 days ago · Glenn Curtiss contacted British aircraft designer John Cyril Porte (1884–1919) and proposed a joint venture in an effort to claim the prize. However, the declaration of war saw the project ...
4 days ago · 'The Chi' showrunner explains their decisions around the death of Douda, played by Curtiss Cook, in the season 6 finale and how it sets up season 7.
