On South Valley Road at Cemetary Road, on the right when traveling east on South Valley Road.
1878-1930
This modest cemetery is the final resting place of Hammondsport native Glenn Hammond Curtiss, an American hero.
Glenn Curtiss was a man who liked to go fast. His personal quest for speed began with building and racing bicycles . . . — — Map (db m70029) HM
1908
When Glenn Curtiss flew the June Bug here in Pleasant Valley on July 4, 1908, he made American aviation history.
With Curtiss at the controls, the June Bug rose into the air, leveled off at a height of about 40 feet, and . . . — — Map (db m70114) HM
Near Main Street (New York State Route 54A) 0.2 miles north of Route 54.
Some of America's earliest aircraft took to the air over Kingsley Flats
In 1904 "Captain T.S. Baldwin from California purchased a Curtiss motorcycle engine to power his experimental dirigible airship. Two years later, Baldwin moved his . . . — — Map (db m136683) HM
On New York State Route 54 0.5 miles east of Main Street ( Route 54A), on the left when traveling east.
Beginning in 1911, Glenn Curtiss test-flew his pioneering seaplances and flying boats from this beach.
By 1911 Curtiss had already built a working seaplane that made water takeoffs and landings on pontoons. But the secret to making a . . . — — Map (db m154159) HM
