The American aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss (1878-1930) developed the first successful seaplane and manufactured the famous World War I Jenny training plane. Glenn Curtiss was born in Hammondsport, N.Y. After finishing grade school, he moved to...

1878-1930 American aviator and inventor who made the first public flights in the United States and designed several aircraft, including the flying boat and the seaplane. (A seaplane is designed to take off from or land on a body of water.) Glenn...

Glenn Hammond Curtiss (21 May 1878 – 23 July 1930) was an aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. In 1930, he was awarded a Medal of Honor for his significant aviation...

On November 27, 1909, in the U. S. Circuit Court, Western District of New York, Orville and Wilbur Wright submitted an affidavit in the case of Orville and Wilbur Wright vs. The Herring-Curtiss Company and Glenn H. Curtiss. (1) In the 54-page document...

Byline: Neal Gendler; Staff Writer Most school kids know that the brothers Wright made the first controlled flight of a piloted, powered airplane, but except for aviation buffs, few recognize the name Glenn Hammond Curtiss. A contemporary of Orville and Wilbur, his...

A patch of lakefront property is being turned into a park honoring the Wright brothers' archrival, Glenn H. Curtiss, after a lengthy feud over whether to preserve it.Curtiss flew his bamboo-and-fabric June Bug over a vineyard for 1 minute, 42.5 seconds on July 4, 1908,...