Glenn Hammond Curtiss

Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an aero inventor, pilot, and entrepreneur from New York.

Curtiss, a motor expert, visited the Nova Scotia laboratory of Alexander Graham Bell in summer 1907. Bell showed Curtiss his kites, inquiring about the possibility of adding motor propulsion. Bell and Curtiss, together with F. W. Baldwin, J. A. D. McCurdy, and Lt. Thomas Selfridge formed the Aerial Experiment Association, resulting in the creation of the Red Wing, followed by White Wing and June Bug, in 1908.

Companies:

• Herring-Curtiss Co.
• Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Corp, possibly called at an early stage Curtiss Aeroplane Co.
• Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Canada

Appearances:

• Reims Air Meet
• Dominguez Field exhibition
• Harvard-Boston Aero Meet
• Atlantic City Aero Meet
• First meet of the Aero Club of Nebraska
• ... and plenty more

See also:

• Aeronautic Society of New York
• Glenn H. Curtiss Aviation Meet

Patents applied for by Glenn Hammond Curtiss

• Patent AU-1916-2868
• Patent AU-1916-2869
• Patent DE-1912-280311
• Patent FR-1912-445228
• Patent FR-1912-448693
• Patent GB-1912-12648
• Patent GB-1912-21536
• Patent GB-1916-102620
• Patent US-1910-1204380
• Patent US-1911-1027242
• Patent US-1911-1203550
• Patent US-1911-1420609
• Patent US-1912-1085575
• Patent US-1912-1104036
• Patent US-1913-1108490
• Patent US-1913-1142754
• Patent US-1913-1156215
• Patent US-1913-1223315
• Patent US-1913-1223318
• Patent US-1914-1223317
• Patent US-1914-1228380
• Patent US-1914-1256878
• Patent US-1915-1210373
• Patent US-1915-1223319
• Patent US-1915-1228381
• Patent US-1915-1228382
• Patent US-1915-1246016
• Patent US-1915-1294412
• Patent US-1915-1368548
• Patent US-1916-1246013
• Patent US-1916-1269397
• Patent US-1916-1269570
• Patent US-1916-1283684
• Patent US-1916-1287249
• Patent US-1916-1351742
• Patent US-1916-1358527
• Patent US-1916-1465973
• Patent US-1917-1246020
• Patent US-1917-1289683
• Patent US-1917-1294413
• Patent US-1917-1295084
• Patent US-1917-1296630
• Patent US-1917-1355736
• Patent US-1918-1294414
• Patent US-1918-1294415
• Patent US-1918-1296770
• Patent US-1918-1364614
• Patent US-1918-1368549
• Patent US-1918-1392272

Links

• Glenn Curtiss on Wikipedia