Glenn H. Curtiss

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Aero_Club_of_America_Gold_Medal
gptkb:Langley_Medal
Collier Trophy
gptkbp:birthDate 1878-05-21
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Hammondsport,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Casey_Baldwin
gptkb:Alexander_Graham_Bell
gptkb:John_Alexander_Douglas_McCurdy
gptkb:Thomas_Selfridge
gptkbp:contribution first long-distance flight in the U.S. (Albany to New York City, 1910)
development of naval aviation
first successful seaplane flight in America
training of World War I pilots
gptkbp:deathDate 1930-07-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Buffalo,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:founded gptkb:Curtiss_Aeroplane_and_Motor_Company
gptkb:Curtiss_Motorcycle_Company
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Glenn_Hammond_Curtiss
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Glenn H. Curtiss
gptkbp:inductedInto gptkb:National_Inventors_Hall_of_Fame
gptkb:National_Aviation_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:influenced early commercial aviation
U.S. military aviation
gptkbp:knownFor founding Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company
motorcycle speed records
pioneering aviation
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Curtiss_Mansion,_Miami_Springs,_Florida
gptkb:Curtiss_Museum
gptkb:Curtiss-Wright_Corporation
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Aerial_Experiment_Association
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army_Signal_Corps_(consultant)
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Curtiss_JN-4_'Jenny'
gptkb:Curtiss_Model_D
gptkb:Curtiss_NC_flying_boat
gptkb:Curtiss_V-8_motorcycle
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
gptkb:inventor
gptkb:pilot
motorcycle designer
gptkbp:patent aircraft control surfaces
motorcycle engine design
seaplane design
gptkbp:recordedAt motorcycle land speed record (1907)
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Pleasant_Valley_Cemetery,_Hammondsport,_New_York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Lena_Pearl_Neff
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
Curtiss Museum exhibits
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Hammondsport
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6