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.

There will be some real flying over the old Morris Park race track grounds this week. Glenn H. Curtiss's latest aeroplane, constructed for the Aeronautic Society tests of heavier-than-air machines ...

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 ...

The "Glenn" Cornille is referencing is company namesake Glenn Curtiss, American inventor and daredevil. Curtiss came of age during the 19th century’s bicycle craze, while led naturally into ...