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3 The old racetrack at Hammondsport. Left to rt, A[ugustus] M[oore] Herring, F.W. Baldwin,
Glenn H. Curtiss, Charles Manley, Lt.T[homas] Selfridge, J[ohn] A[lexander] D[ouglas] McCurdy,
Allen R. Hawley.
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4 No. 2.WhiteWing.The first aeroplane to make public flight starting from the ground with J.A.D.
McCurdy,Aviator, May 8th 1908, at Hammondsport, N.Y.
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5 No. 3 June Bug. G.H. Curtiss winning the Scientific American Trophy at Hammondsport, N.Y.,
July 4th 1908, flying one kilometer ([five-eighths] of a mile).
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6 No. 4-Silver Dart. J.A.D. McCurdy, Aviator, showing the first water cooled motor made by the
Curtiss Motor Co. 40 H.P. McCurty made a 14 mile flight in this machine over the ice at Baddeck,
Nova Scotia, March 2nd 1909.
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7 The Loon; it was the old June Bug
transformed into a hydro & flown from
Lake Keuka in Dec 1908. This first
attempt at a water aeroplane. . . .
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9 The first flying boat. Curtiss with
Augustus port as passenger. Flying over
Lake Keuka. . . .
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11 Glenn Curtiss, Henry Ford & F
Boat at Hammondsport. . . .
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19 Closeup view of ‘The America.’
Poster idea of aTrans-Atlantic flyer. . . .
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23 [Samuel Pierpont] Langley’s aero-
plane. It was designed & built by Prof.
Langley assisted by Charles Manley who
designed & built the motor. On trial flight
over Potomac near Washington D.C. it
fell. Became a relic at Smithsonian
Institute. Later brought to H[?] & then
flown.
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24 The Cygnet #2. A tetrahedral Kite
designed by Dr. Alexander Graham Bell.
Built at Baddeck, Nova Scotia. It con-
tained 3,960 tetrahedral cells all covered
with red silk & driven with motor from
Silver Dart. J.A.D. McCurdy,Aviator. . . .
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27 Ruth Law on Curtiss machine with
Wright type controls.
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Lincoln Beachey in Curtiss plane.”
WITH
—
A scrapbook containing newspa-
per and magazine clippings showing
Curtiss and other aircraft and engines,
including the NC-1, NC-4, Curtiss 18-
2, Sperry seaplane, Burgess HT-2, Macchi
seaplane, Martin Scout K III, Martin
Night Bomber, Wittemann-Lewis Model
T-T, Caproni Bomber, DH 9A, Boeing
CL4S, the De Haviland 5,Dayton-Wright
“Messenger,” U.S.N. Goodyear dirigible,
R-34, Sunbeam engine, Napier 450
engine, and others. Mounted 1-4 per page
on recto and verso. Oblong 8vo, cloth,
bound together with string. Circa 1917.