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fredag, januari 21, 2011

New flying record 100 years ago


100 years ago.
Famed aviator Glenn Curtiss set a new flying record in January 1911 when he successfully launched and landed his "aeroplane" on the surface of San Diego Bay in California. The Washington Herald (Washington, DC) reported that Curtiss "flew two miles, returned to the starting place, and alighted on the water as lightly as a gull..." Read more about it!


LIBRARY OF CONGRES

 
 
 
 
 
 Interview at the Glenn Curtiss Museum (Hammondsport, New York) part 1

 

Interview at the Glenn Curtiss Museum part 2

 

Interview at the Glenn Curtiss Museum part 3

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