| Description |
1 electronic text (xiii, 273 pages) : illustrations, digital file |
| Series |
Society of Automotive Engineers. Electronic publications |
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Society of Automotive Engineers.
Electronic publications
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| Contents |
1. Panorama: Young Man in a Hurry -- 2. Close-Up: Hammondsport on the Brink -- 3. Panorama: Two-Wheeled Terror -- 4. Close-Up: The Curtiss Motorcycle -- 5. Panorama: "Prove to the World That We Can Fly" -- 6. Close-Up: The Curtiss Airplane -- 7. Panorama: Aerial Yachting -- 8. Close-Up: The Curtiss Seaplanes -- 9. Panorama: The Great War -- 10. Close-Up: Curtiss at Work -- 11. Panorama: On the Road Again -- 12. Close-Up: Land Yachting -- 13. Final Frame: Afterword and Evaluation |
| Summary |
Descriptions of this man prove to be contradictory and controversial. He was quiet, yet dashing. Kind, yet stern. Uneducated, yet a technological and entrepreneurial pioneer. He began his inventing career by building and racing motorcycles, while creating new internal combustion engines, then moved on to work with dirigibles, airplanes (particularly seaplanes), community development, and travel trailers. In the end, Glenn Curtiss - a man respected by contemporaries for his character - went to his grave accused of fiduciary irresponsibility and patent theft. His bitter patent disputes with the Wright Brothers leave many wondering whether Curtiss should be seen as a hero or a villain when his place in history is considered |
| Notes |
Title from PDF title page (SAE Web site, 08/15/2012) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available in print |
| Subject |
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930.
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| SUBJECT |
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 fast |
| Subject |
Aeronautics -- United States -- Biography
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Aeronautical engineers -- United States -- Biography
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Aviation & Nautical.
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TRANSPORTATION / Aviation / History.
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Aeronautical engineers
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Aeronautics
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780768041248 |
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0768041244 |
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