Glenn Curtiss, the June Bug, and the Fastest Man on Earth Who Taught America to Fly, Told From the Vintage Rows at Oshkosh
Glenn Curtiss went from fastest man on Earth to inventing the seaplane and the trainer that taught America to fly.
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Glenn Curtiss, the Gordon Bennett Trophy, and the Patent War That Nearly Grounded American Aviation
Glenn Curtiss won history's first international air speed race in 1909, invented naval aviation, and built the trainer that gave WWI pilots their wings - all while fighting the patent war that nearly grounded American aviation.
TaildraggerThe nineteen ten Los Angeles Air Meet at Dominguez Field and the week that made America fall in love with flight
The 1910 Los Angeles Air Meet at Dominguez Field drew half a million spectators and ignited America's love affair with flight.
TaildraggerThe Grande Semaine d'Aviation at Reims and the week in nineteen oh nine that invented the airshow
The 1909 Grande Semaine d'Aviation at Reims, France, was the event that transformed flying from a curiosity into a global industry.
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