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To: Fungi

Since they use the phrase “hoped for” and since he died soon after starting the company, probably it didn’t fly.

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https://mass.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/glenn-curtiss-aviation-entrepreneur-video/journey-through-finger-lakes/

Glenn Curtiss: Aviation Entrepreneur | Journeys Through the Finger Lakes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss

1926 Developed Opa-locka, Florida and airport facility

1928 Created the Curtiss Aerocar Company in Opa-locka, Florida.

1928 Curtiss towed an Aerocar from Miami to New York City in 39 hours

His frequent hunting trips into the Florida Everglades led to a final invention, the Adams Motor “Bungalo”, a forerunner of the modern recreational vehicle trailer (named after his business partner and half-brother, G. Carl Adams). Curtiss later developed this into a larger, more elaborate fifth-wheel vehicle, which he manufactured and sold under the name Aerocar. Shortly before his death, he designed a tailless aircraft with a V-shaped wing and tricycle landing gear that he hoped could be sold in the price range of a family car


5 posted on 02/21/2025 7:23:26 PM PST by mairdie
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To: mairdie

That’s a great short video about Glen Curtiss and Hammondsport. I grew up in Ithaca, 45 miles east of Hammondsport. At that time, Hammondsport was famous as a viticultural region with good wineries. The Glen Curtiss Museum opened in 1962 when I was 11 years old, but I never knew about Glen Curtiss’ connection to Hammondsport nor that there is a great museum there. I’d love to visit it!


27 posted on 02/21/2025 8:12:59 PM PST by ProtectOurFreedom (Democrats who say ‘no one is above the law’ won’t mind going to prison for the money they stole.)
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To: mairdie

“Flight is facilitated through a system called distributed electric propulsion, with a mesh layer covering propeller blades to allow air to flow through the vehicle”
Fake photo, fake video, fake news.


41 posted on 02/22/2025 4:35:19 AM PST by brookwood (If I confuse Tom Cotton and Josh Hawley does that mean I'm racist?)
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