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Glenn Curtiss

Paperback • 2007 • English

Glenn Curtiss

By Alden Hatch

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About the book

A classic biography returns to print after 60 years!Although the Wright Brothers are remembered for performing the first human flight, Glenn Curtiss stands as the most important aviator in American history. Like his friend Alexander Graham Bell, Curtiss was a master inventor as well as a daredevil. He won the first airplane race in history (the 1909 Gordon Bennett Cup), and he was the first pilot to take off from and land an airplane on the deck of a ship. He invented the twin flying boat, which...Show more

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ISBN

9781599211459

Publisher

The Lyons Press

Published year

2007

Language

English

Original title

Glenn Curtiss

Format

Paperback

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