AERONAUTICS, AIR pilots, AIR travel, HISTORY, HISTORY of aeronautics
Abstract
The article presents information on the 1910 flight that pilot Glenn Curtiss made from Albany, New York to Manhattan, New York City. The 152 mile flight took Curtiss five hours to complete and the field from which he took off later became the state's first municipal airport. It details how his progress was followed by telegraph as he made his way down the Hudson River and discusses his place in aviation history.
Published
2010
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