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<i>Coronado, Calif. Curtiss ready to fly</i>
Photographer: Photo courtesy of the University of Wisconsin Brittingham Lantern Slides Collection
Taken: February 26, 1911
Caption: Coronado, Calif. Curtiss ready to fly
Additional Description: "Aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss preparing for a flying demonstration. Curtiss made the first publically observed 1 km. flight in 1908. Though he was involved in a protracted legal battle with the Wright brothers over patent infringement, their two companies eventually merged into the Curtiss-Wright Corporation." - Univ. of Wisconsin
Submitted: April 26, 2018.
Database Locator Identification Number: p424817
File Size: 0.191 Megabytes

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