1930 Death Glenn Hammond Curtiss, aviation pioneer/airplane builder, dies at 52 1914 Event Glenn Curtiss flies his Langley Aerodrome 1912 Birthday Roger Lewis, aviation executive, Lockheed, Curtiss Wright, Pan Am 1912 Event World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in New York) 1911 Event 1st hydroplane flight to and from a ship (Glenn Curtiss, San Diego) 1911 Event Glenn Curtiss pilots 1st successful hydroplane, San Diego 1910 Event Glenn Curtiss flies from Albany to New York City 1909 Event World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA) wins 1909 Event 1st U.S. airplane sold commercially, by Glenn Curtiss for $5,000 1878 Birthday Glenn Hammond Curtiss, U.S., inventor, hydroplane
