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23/07/1930 American aviation and motorcycling pioneer Glenn Curtiss dies

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Glenn Curtiss - Aviation Pioneer

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Being Glenn Curtiss | American Genius

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GLENN CURTISS - AN AMERICAN HERO

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Glenn H. Curtiss | Path Through History | WSKG History

He is considered the founder of the American aircraft industry. Glenn Curtiss built the White Wing airplane, which took off in 1908. It was the first plane in US to be controlled by ailerons instead of the wing-warping used by the Wrights. He found the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company. Curtiss airplanes were massively used in the Great War.
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