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Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company (1909 – 1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer originally founded by Glenn Hammond Curtiss and Augustus Moore Herring in Hammondsport, New York. After significant commercial success in its first decades, it merged with the Wright Aeronautical to form Curtiss-Wright Corporation.
Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Company, Ltd; Tipo (NYSE: CW) Industria: fabricación: Fundación: 1916: Fundador: Glenn Curtiss: Disolución: 1929 (se convirtió en Curtiss-Wright Corporation) Sede central: Buffalo, New York: Administración: Glenn H. Curtiss fundador y presidente: Productos: Aviones: Ingresos: US$1,566 millardos ...
OVER 90 YEARS OF GROWTH Curtiss-Wright Corporation has the most renowned legacy in the aerospace industry. In 1929, Curtiss-Wright was formed by the merger of companies founded by Glenn Curtiss, the father of naval aviation, and the Wright brothers, renowned for history’s first flight.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships.
Created in 1929 from the consolidation of Curtiss, Wright, and various supplier companies, the company was immediately the country's largest aviation firm and built more than 142,000 aircraft engines for the U.S. military during World War II.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (born May 21, 1878, Hammondsport, N.Y., U.S.—died July 23, 1930, Buffalo) was a pioneer aviator and leading American manufacturer of aircraft by the time of the United States’s entry into World War I.
23 de sept. de 1996 · Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer and founder of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, shown here in 1909. (Library of Congress) Curtiss made his first flight on his 30th birthday—May 21, 1908—in White Wing, a design of the Aerial Experiment Association , a group led by Alexander Graham Bell.
