The Curtiss Aviation Book Transcriber's Note This book was transcribed from scans of the original found at the Internet Archive. I have rotated some images. [Copyright, 1910, by The Pictorial News Co.] CURTISS' HUDSON RIVER FLIGHT OVER THE STATUE OF LIBERTY THE CURTISS AVIATION BOOK BY GLENN H. CURTISS AND AUGUSTUS POST WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A. LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N. AND HUGH ROBINSON With Numerous Illustrations from Photographs NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1912, by FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian October, 1912 TO MRS. MABEL G. BELL WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHORS Table of Contents - PART I BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS OF GLENN H. CURTISS by Augustus Post - CHAPTER I THE COMING AIRMEN AN INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER - CHAPTER II BOYHOOD DAYS - CHAPTER III BUILDING MOTORS AND MOTORCYCLE RACING - CHAPTER IV BALDWIN'S BALLOON - PART II MY FIRST FLIGHTS by Glenn H. Curtiss - CHAPTER I BEGINNING TO FLY - CHAPTER II FIRST FLIGHTS - CHAPTER III THE "JUNE BUG" FIRST FLIGHTS FOR THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN TROPHY AND FIRST EXPERIMENTS WITH THE HYDROAEROPLANE - CHAPTER IV FIRST FLIGHTS IN NEW YORK CITY - PART III MY CHIEF FLIGHTS AND THE WORK OF TO-DAY by Glenn H. Curtiss - CHAPTER I THE RHEIMS MEET FIRST INTERNATIONAL AEROPLANE CONTEST - CHAPTER II HUDSON-FULTON CELEBRATION FIRST AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL MEET, AT LOS ANGELES - CHAPTER III FLIGHT DOWN THE HUDSON RIVER FROM ALBANY TO NEW YORK CITY - CHAPTER IV THE BEGINNING OF THE HYDROAEROPLANE - CHAPTER V DEVELOPING THE HYDROAEROPLANE AT SAN DIEGO–THE HYDRO OF THE SUMMER OF 1912 - PART IV THE REAL FUTURE OF THE AEROPLANE BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY CAPTAIN PAUL W. BECK, U. S. A., LIEUTENANT THEODORE G. ELLYSON, U. S. N., AND AUGUSTUS POST - CHAPTER I AEROPLANE SPEED OF THE FUTURE - CHAPTER II FUTURE SURPRISES OF THE AEROPLANE–HUNTING, TRAVEL, MAIL, WIRELESS, LIFE-SAVING, AND OTHER SPECIAL USES - CHAPTER III THE FUTURE OF THE HYDRO - CHAPTER IV FUTURE PROBLEMS OF AVIATION - CHAPTER V THE AEROPLANE AS APPLIED TO THE ARMY (By Captain Paul W. Beck, U. S. A.) - CHAPTER VI THE AEROPLANE FOR THE NAVY (With an Account of the Training Camp at San Diego. By Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson, U. S. N.) - CHAPTER VII GLIDING AND CYCLE-SAILING A FUTURE SPORT FOR BOYS, THE AIRMEN OF TO-MORROW (By Augustus Post.) - PART V EVERY-DAY FLYING FOR PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR BY GLENN H. CURTISS WITH CHAPTERS BY AUGUSTUS POST AND HUGH ROBINSON - CHAPTER I TEACHING AVIATORS HOW AN AVIATOR FLIES - CHAPTER II AVIATION FOR AMATEURS