The Glenn H Curtiss Museum

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An early airplane engine:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7458 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


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Glenn Curtiss was called "The Fastest Man on Earth" with this record on a 40 hp 4 liter V-8 powered motorcycle he built himself.


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Glenn Curtiss Museum-7465 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

(Imagine doing 136 mph on this!)

 

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A 1936 Indian motorcycle with sidecar in original unrestored condition:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7467 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

In the background is this Harley-Davidson engine from 1922:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7468 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

 

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The present day might of the US Navy started out with this airplane, the Curtiss A-1 Triad:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3859 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Apparently, 63 Octane was good enough:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7507 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here:

A-1 Triad

 

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1934 Harley-Davidson VLD:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7469 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


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Yes, a BMW upright and a Harley-Davidson boxer engine:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7472 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


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Check out the condition of these two classics:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7477 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7478 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

This is what "mint condition" actually means:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7479 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

 

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The famous Curtiss June Bug:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7494 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7495 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3853 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here:

Flight of the June Bug - First Flight

 

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A wide angle view:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3854 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

 

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The 1912 Curtiss Model D was not only the first aircraft to be built in numbers, it was the first to take off and land on the deck of a ship:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7508 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3858 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here: Curtiss Model D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

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The Curtiss Model 18 Seagull was one of the first successful flying boats for both military and civil uses:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7509 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7511 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


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Various steamboat and railroad memorabilia:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3865 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

 

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Three airplane engines from WW1, from left to right:

1912 60 hp Curtiss Model "S" - straight six
1914 200 hp Curtiss V2C10 - V8
1918 150 hp Kirkham - straight 6


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3867 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

1912 60 hp Curtiss Model "S" - straight six


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7513 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

1914 200 hp Curtiss V2C10 - V8


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7515 by vcheng552000, on Flickr


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7514 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

 

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A tool chest from the Hammondsport plant:


Glenn Curtiss Museum-3868 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

A surviving original blueprint (from a time when blueprints were actually blue prints. )


Glenn Curtiss Museum-7516 by vcheng552000, on Flickr