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Curtiss, Glenn Hammond (1878–1930)


Glen Curtiss
Curtiss in the seat of one of his biplanes
American aviation pioneer who began, as did the Wright brothers, by building bicycles. In 1908 he won a trophy for the first public flight of more than 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) in the US. Curtiss invented the aileron, built planes during World War I (1914–18), and his JN-4 ("Jenny") was a well-known trainer. His company and that of the Wrights merged to become the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.


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