USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Glenn Hammond Curtiss, (born May 21, 1878, Hammondsport, N.Y., U.S.-died July 23, 1930, Buffalo), pioneer aviator and leading American manufacturer of aircraft by the time of the United States’s entry into World War I.

Detailed explanation-2: -An amphibious aircraft is capable of taking off and landing on both bodies of water and traditional runways. The first successful powered seaplane flight occurred in 1910 in Marseilles, France. Henri Fabre piloted an invention he called the Hydravion (French for seaplane/floatplane).

Detailed explanation-3: -He designed and built the first successful pontoon aircraft in America. Curtiss aircraft were the first to take off and land on the deck of a ship. Curtiss built the first U.S. Navy aircraft and trained the first two naval pilots. He was a leading producer of aircraft engines.

Detailed explanation-4: -Because of his original creations, Glenn Curtiss has been regarded as the country’s most foremost pioneer. He is widely remembered as the builder of seaplanes and flying-boats and a man largely responsible for the successful beginning of US naval aviation.

Detailed explanation-5: -On 28 March 1910, Frenchman Henri Fabre flew the first successful powered seaplane, the Gnome Omega-powered hydravion, a trimaran floatplane. Fabre’s first successful take off and landing by a powered seaplane inspired other aviators, and he designed floats for several other flyers.