HERITAGE OF FLIGHT GLENN H. CURTISS HERITAGE OF FLIGHT
The first aeroplane:
To make a previously announced flight in public, July 4, 1908, by Glenn H. Curtiss at Haminondsport, NY.

To win a prize in open competition in America, Scientific American trophy, July 4, 1908, won by Glenn H. Curtiss at Haminondsport, NY.

To win the Gordon Bennett International trophy, August, 1909, won by Glenn H. Curtiss atRheims, France.

To make a city-to-city flight, May 29, 1910,  Glenn H. Curtiss, Albany to New York.

To use a river as an aerial highway, May 29, 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss, Albany to New York down the Hudson.

To carry a message from one official to another, May 29, 1910, by Glenn H. Curtiss, Governor Hughes, Albany, to Mayor Gaynor, New York.

To successfully alight on the water, June, 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss on Lake Kenka, Hammondsport, NY.

To demonstrate bomb dropping possibilities, June, 1910, Glenn H.Curtiss, at Hammondsport, NY., auspices New York World.

To make an over-the-ocean flight, fifty miles, July, 1910, Glenn H. Curtiss, Atlantic City, NJ.

To demonstrate aerial sharpshooting with an army officer, Lieutenant T. E. Fickel, USA, marksman, August, 1910, Sheepshead Bay, New York.
 
The first aeroplane:
To send and receive wireless messages from an aeroplane in flight, August, 1910, by J. A. D. McCurdy, at Sheepshead Bay, New York, and in February, 1911, McCurdy at Palm Beach, FL.

To alight on and fly from the deck of a battleship, January 18, 1911, Eugene Ely at San Francisco.

To fly from the water, January 26, 1911, Glenn H. Curtiss, on San Diego Bay, San Diego, California.
The first aeroplane:
To alight alongside and be hoisted aboard a warship, Glenn H. Curtiss, February 17, 1911, at San Diego, CA.

To fly from land to water and from water to land, Glenn H. Curtiss, February 23, 1911, San Diego, CA.

To arise from the water with passenger, Glenn H. Curtiss with Lieutenant Theodore G. Ellyson U. S. Navy, passenger, at San Diego, CA., February 27, 1911.

To be adopted by the United States Navy as practical air and ivater craft, April, 1911.

To be equipped with dual control, allowing two aviators to shift the control while in flight.

To be used by Navy officers in over-water flight, Lieutenant T. 0. Ellyson and Lieutenant J. H. Towers, Annapolis, Md., to Buckroe Beach, VA., 143 miles, October 25, 1911.

To be used in carrying U. S. mail in long over-water flight, Hugh Robinson down the Mississippi River, Minneapolis, MN. to Rock Island, IL, 375 miles.

To ascend to the height of 11,642 feet (world’s record), Lincoln Beachey, at Chicago, August 20, 1911.

To win inter-city race in the United States,
Lincoln Beachey, New York to Philadelphia, August 5, 1911.
 
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