Chapter I: Front Matter

The Curtiss Aviation Book

Transcriber's Note

This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images.

[Copyright, 1910, by The Pictorial News Co.]

CURTISS' HUDSON RIVER FLIGHT OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

THE CURTISS

AVIATION BOOK

BY

GLENN H. CURTISS

AND

AUGUSTUS POST

WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A.

LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N.

AND HUGH ROBINSON

With Numerous Illustrations from Photographs

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1912, by

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign

languages, including the Scandinavian

October, 1912

TO

MRS. MABEL G. BELL

WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION

THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY

THE AUTHORS

Table of Contents

- PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS by Augustus
Post
- CHAPTER I THE COMING AIRMEN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER
- CHAPTER II BOYHOOD DAYS
- CHAPTER III BUILDING MOTORS AND MOTORCYCLE RACING
- CHAPTER IV BALDWIN'S BALLOON
- PART II MY FIRST FLIGHTS by Glenn H. Curtiss
- CHAPTER I BEGINNING TO FLY
- CHAPTER II FIRST FLIGHTS
- CHAPTER III THE "JUNE BUG" FIRST FLIGHTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC
AMERICAN TROPHY AND FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HYDROAEROPLANE
- CHAPTER IV FIRST FLIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY
- PART III MY CHIEF FLIGHTS AND THE WORK OF TO-DAY by Glenn H. Curtiss
- CHAPTER I THE RHEIMS MEET FIRST INTERNATIONAL AEROPLANE CONTEST
- CHAPTER II HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION FIRST AMERICAN
INTERNATIONAL MEET, AT LOS ANGELES
- CHAPTER III FLIGHT DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK
CITY
- CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE HYDROAEROPLANE
- CHAPTER V DEVELOPING THE HYDROAEROPLANE AT SAN DIEGO–THE HYDRO
OF THE SUMMER OF 1912
- PART IV THE REAL FUTURE OF THE AEROPLANE BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH
CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A., LIEUTENANT THEODORE G.
ELLYSON, U. S. N., AND AUGUSTUS POST
- CHAPTER I AEROPLANE SPEED OF THE FUTURE
- CHAPTER II FUTURE SURPRISES OF THE AEROPLANE–HUNTING, TRAVEL,
MAIL, WIRELESS, LIFE-SAVING, AND OTHER SPECIAL USES
- CHAPTER III THE FUTURE OF THE HYDRO
- CHAPTER IV FUTURE PROBLEMS OF AVIATION
- CHAPTER V THE AEROPLANE AS APPLIED TO THE ARMY (By Captain
Paul W. Beck, U. S. A.)
- CHAPTER VI THE AEROPLANE FOR THE NAVY (With an Account of the
Training Camp at San Diego. By Lieutenant Theodore G.
Ellyson, U. S. N.)
- CHAPTER VII GLIDING AND CYCLE-SAILING A FUTURE SPORT FOR BOYS,
THE AIRMEN OF TO-MORROW (By Augustus Post.)
- PART V EVERY-DAY FLYING FOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR BY GLENN H.
CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY AUGUSTUS POST AND HUGH ROBINSON
- CHAPTER I TEACHING AVIATORS HOW AN AVIATOR FLIES
- CHAPTER II AVIATION FOR AMATEURS
- CHAPTER III HOW IT FEELS TO FLY (By Augustus Post.)
- CHAPTER IV OPERATING A HYDROAEROPLANE (By Hugh Robinson.)
- PART VI THE CURTISS PUPILS AND A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS
AEROPLANE AND MOTOR BY AUGUSTUS POST
- CHAPTER I PUPILS
- CHAPTER II A DESCRIPTION OF THE CURTISS BIPLANE
- CHAPTER III THE CURTISS MOTOR AND FACTORY

ILLUSTRATIONS

- CURTISS' HUDSON RIVER FLIGHT–OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY - CURTISS THE BOY AND CURTISS THE MAN - CURTISS WINNING WORLD'S MOTORCYCLE RECORDS - THE BALDWIN ARMY DIRIGIBLE, WITH EARLY CURTISS MOTOR - WIND WAGON AND ICE BOAT WITH AERIAL PROPELLER - THE AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION - STARTING TO FLY FIRST PUBLIC FLIGHT IN AMERICA; THE "JUNE BUG," JUNE, 1908; BALDWIN IN GLIDER - THE FIRST MACHINES THE "WHITE WING" AND "RED WING" - CURTISS' FIRST FLIGHT FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY - WINNING THE GORDON BENNETT CONTEST IN FRANCE - PRESIDENT TAFT WATCHING CURTISS FLY, HARVARD MEET, 1910 - THE ALBANY-NEW YORK FLIGHT–START; OVER WEST POINT - THE HUDSON FLIGHT–OVER STORM KING - THE HUDSON FLIGHT–STOP AT POUGHKEEPSIE; FINISH, AT GOVERNOR'S ISLAND - THE EVOLUTION OF THE HYDRO;–THE FIRST HYDRO IN THE WORLD; DUAL CONTROL HYDRO OF 1911; LANDING IN HYDRO AT CEDAR POINT, OHIO - ELY LANDING ON THE U. S. S. "PENNSYLVANIA" - CURTISS AND HYDRO HOISTED ON U. S. S. "PENNSYLVANIA"; - ELY LEAVING "PENNSYLVANIA" - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS FLYING BOAT OF 1912 - THE EVOLUTION OF THE HYDRO–THE FLYING BOAT OF SUMMER 1912; THE 1911 HYDRO - HYDRO FLIGHTS–CURTISS OVER LAKE ERIE; WITMER RIDING THE GROUND SWELLS - CAPTAIN BECK AND POSTMASTER-GENERAL HITCHCOCK CARRYING THE MAIL - STUDENTS OF AERIAL WARFARE–BECK, TOWERS, ELLYSON, MCCLASKEY; WITH CURTISS AND ST. HENRY - ELLYSON LAUNCHES HYDRO FROM WIRE CABLE - HUGH ROBINSON'S FLIGHT DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI - AUGUSTUS POST FLYING; AEROPLANE SHIPMENT - CURTISS PUPILS–J. A. D. MCCURDY RACING AN AUTOMOBILE; - LIEUTENANT ELLYSON; MR. AND MRS. W. B. ATWATER - CURTISS PUPILS–C. C. WITMER, BECKWITH HAVENS, J. A. D. MCCURDY, CROMWELL DIXON, CHAS. K. HAMILTON, CHAS. F. WALSH, CHAS. F. WILLARD - LINCOLN BEACHEY FLYING IN GORGE AT NIAGARA - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS AEROPLANE, SHOWING PARTS - DIAGRAM OF CURTISS MOTOR, SHOWING PARTS - CURTISS MOTORS, OLD AND NEW - AT THE AEROPLANE FACTORY, HAMMONDSPORT