Glenn Curtiss - Timeline

Timeline

1878 Birth in Hammondsport, New York
1898 Marriage
1900 Manufactures Hercules bicycles
1901 Motorcycle designer and racer
1903 American motorcycle champion
1903 Unofficial one-mile motorcycle land speed record 64 mph (103 km/h) on Hercules V8 at Yonkers, New York
1904 Thomas Scott Baldwin mounts Curtiss motorcycle engine on a hydrogen-filled dirigible
1904 Set 10-mile world speed record
1904 Invented handlebar throttle control; handlebar throttle control also credited to the 1867–1969 Roper steam velocipede
1905 Created G.H. Curtiss Manufacturing Company, Inc.
1906 Curtiss writes the Wright brothers offering them an aeronautical motor
1907 Curtiss joins Alexander Graham Bell in experimenting in aircraft
1907 Set world motorcycle land speed record of 77.6 mph (124.9 km/h)
1907 Set world motorcycle land speed record at 136.36 mph (219.45 km/h) in his V8 motorcycle in Ormond Beach, Florida
1908 First Army dirigible flight with Curtiss as flight engineer
1908 One of several claimants for the first flight of an aircraft controlled by ailerons
1908 Lead designer and pilot of "June Bug" on July 4
1909 Sale of Curtiss's "Golden Flyer" to the New York Aeronautic Society for $5,000.00 USD, marks the first sale of any aircraft in the U.S., triggers Wright Brothers lawsuits.
1909 Won first international air speed record with 46.5 mph (74.8 km/h) in Rheims, France
1909 First U.S. licensed aircraft manufacturer.
1909 Established first flying school in United States and exhibition company
1910 Long distance flying record of 150 miles (240 km) from Albany, New York to New York City
1910 First simulated bombing runs from an aircraft at Lake Keuka
1910 First firearm use from aircraft, piloted by Curtiss
1910 First radio communication with aircraft in flight in a Curtiss biplane
1910 Trained Blanche Stuart Scott, the first American female pilot
1910 First successful takeoff from a United States Navy ship (Eugene Burton Ely, using Curtiss Plane)
1911 First landing on a ship (Eugene Burton Ely, using Curtiss Plane) (2 Months later)
1911 Pilot license #1 issued for his "June Bug" flight
1911 Ailerons patented
1911 Developed first successful pontoon aircraft in U.S.
1911 Hydroplane A-1 Triad purchased by U.S. Navy (US Navy's First aircraft)
1911 First dual pilot control in May
1911 Developed first retractable landing gear on his Hydroaeroplane
1911 His first aircraft sold to U.S. Army on April 27
1911 Created first military flying school
1912 Developed and flew the first flying boat on Lake Keuka
1912 First ship catapult launching on October 12 (Lt. Ellyson)
1912 Created the first flying school in Florida at Miami Beach
1914 Start production run of "Jennys" and may other models including flying boats
1917 Opens "Experimental Airplane Factory" in Garden City, Long Island
1919 Curtiss NC-4 flying boat crosses the Atlantic
1919 Commenced private aircraft production with the Oriole
1921 Developed Hialeah, Florida including Hialeah Park Race Track
1921 Donated his World War I training field to the Navy
1923 Developed Miami Springs, Florida and created a flying school and airport
1923 (circa) Created first airboats
1925 Builds his Miami Springs mansion.
1926 Developed Opa-locka, Florida and airport facility
1928 Created the Curtiss Aerocar Company in Opa-locka, Florida.
1928 Curtiss towed an Aerocar from Miami to New York in 39 hours
1930 Death in Buffalo, New York
1930 Buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Hammondsport, New York
1964 Inducted in the National Aviation Hall of Fame
1990 Inducted in the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in the air racing category