Glenn Curtiss
(1878-1930)
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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. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.
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Glenn Hammond Curtiss 21 May 1878 Hammondsport, New York, USA
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23 July 1930 (aged 52) Buffalo, New York, USA
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