Designed in 1906, Glenn Curtiss' first V-8 motorcycle required a longer, sturdier frame than any previous bike to support the massive weight of the engine. Mark Avino / NASM The 1907 Curtiss V-8 ...

The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport, New York, honors the memory of an aviation pioneer. Much more than a leader in flight, Curtiss began innovation on bicycles, leading to motorcycles and ...

Here, at least, there are a few signs of resident Glenn Curtiss’ accomplishments. You can make out an airplane mounted on a pole several feet from shore. It is a model of the Curtiss A-1 ...

Explore the life or aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss in this hour-long documentary. Glenn Curtiss: The Forgotten Eagle is the first comprehensive documentary to explore the life of aviation ...

Glenn Hammond Curtiss personified the eccentric billionaire aviator at a time when Elon Musk's grandparents were just toddlers. Everyone from Howard Hughes to Musk himself fit perfectly into the ...

Glenn Curtiss was famous for aviation exploits including a record-setting flight from Albany, New York, to Manhattan in 1910. [Courtesy: National Air and Space Museum] As I looked down at the ...

Love him or hate him, Elon Musk has his sights eternally on the stars. But don't even think for a single second that he's the first of his kind among eccentric, tortured genius aviators.

Despite being a native of Canada, Sturgeon carries the name of Hammondsport native and aviation pioneer Glenn H. Curtiss.

All systems appear go for a soft re-opening of the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum of Aviation History in Hammondsport during Memorial Day weekend May 28-30, after a five-month, $1.2 million interior ...