Glenn Hammond Curtiss

Curtiss founded the first company created specifically for manufacturing airplanes. Determined to develop a water plane for practical purposes, Glenn Curtiss mounted a plane with floats and attempted to fly from water for the first time. After much study and experiment, by January 1911, Curtiss was able to make the flight from water to land and from land to water. As an aviator and inventor, Curtiss generated over 70 patents during his lifetime, including designs for dirigibles, airplanes, flying boats, commercial aircraft, Navy planes, and the aileron, which is a device for maintaining the lateral balance of airplanes. He also created the Wasp, which established world records for speed, climb and altitude.

Far Electrograph Ultraviolet Camera
Satellite Servicing Techniques
Hydroaeroplane
Space Capsule Design
Retractable Landing Gear; Folding Wing
Rotor Control Mechanism for Rotary Aircraft
Altimeter
Link Trainer/Simulator
Ethyl Gasoline
Flying Wing plane; All-Metal High-Wing Monocoque Airplane (Vega)
Communications Satellite
Spin Stabilized Synchronous Communications Satellite
Turbo Jet
Jet Engine
Supercritical Wing
Small Fan-Jet Engine
Aircraft Propulsion System - Jet Engine