CHAPTER III

THE CURTISS MOTOR AND FACTORY

ILLUSTRATIONS

- CURTISS' HUDSON RIVER FLIGHT–OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - CURTISS THE BOY AND CURTISS THE MAN - CURTISS WINNING WORLD'S MOTORCYCLE RECORDS - THE BALDWIN ARMY DIRIGIBLE, WITH EARLY CURTISS MOTOR - WIND WAGON AND ICE BOAT WITH AERIAL PROPELLER - THE AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION - STARTING TO FLY FIRST PUBLIC FLIGHT IN AMERICA; THE "JUNE BUG," JUNE, 1908; BALDWIN IN GLIDER - THE FIRST MACHINES THE "WHITE WING" AND "RED WING" - CURTISS' FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY - WINNING THE GORDON BENNETT CONTEST IN FRANCE - PRESIDENT TAFT WATCHING CURTISS FLY, HARVARD MEET, 1910 - THE ALBANY-NEW YORK FLIGHT–START; OVER WEST POINT - THE HUDSON FLIGHT–OVER STORM KING - THE HUDSON FLIGHT–STOP AT POUGHKEEPSIE; FINISH, AT GOVERNOR'S ISLAND - THE EVOLUTION OF THE HYDRO;–THE FIRST HYDRO IN THE WORLD; DUAL CONTROL HYDRO OF 1911; LANDING IN HYDRO AT CEDAR POINT, OHIO - ELY LANDING ON THE U. S. S. "PENNSYLVANIA" - CURTISS AND HYDRO HOISTED ON U. S. S. "PENNSYLVANIA"; - ELY LEAVING "PENNSYLVANIA" - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS FLYING BOAT OF 1912 - THE EVOLUTION OF THE HYDRO–THE FLYING BOAT OF SUMMER 1912; THE 1911 HYDRO - HYDRO FLIGHTS–CURTISS OVER LAKE ERIE; WITMER RIDING THE GROUND SWELLS - CAPTAIN BECK AND POSTMASTER-GENERAL HITCHCOCK CARRYING THE MAIL - STUDENTS OF AERIAL WARFARE–BECK, TOWERS, ELLYSON, MCCLASKEY; WITH CURTISS AND ST. HENRY - ELLYSON LAUNCHES HYDRO FROM WIRE CABLE - HUGH ROBINSON'S FLIGHT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI - AUGUSTUS POST FLYING; AEROPLANE SHIPMENT - CURTISS PUPILS–J. A. D. MCCURDY RACING AN AUTOMOBILE; - LIEUTENANT ELLYSON; MR. AND MRS. W. B. ATWATER - CURTISS PUPILS–C. C. WITMER, BECKWITH HAVENS, J. A. D. MCCURDY, CROMWELL DIXON, CHAS. K. HAMILTON, CHAS. F. WALSH, CHAS. F. WILLARD - LINCOLN BEACHEY FLYING IN GORGE AT NIAGARA - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS AEROPLANE, SHOWING PARTS - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS MOTOR, SHOWING PARTS - CURTISS MOTORS, OLD AND NEW - AT THE AEROPLANE FACTORY, HAMMONDSPORT

## PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS

by Augustus Post

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