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 COMPANYAll rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian
TO
MRS. MABEL G. BELL
WHO MADE POSSIBLE THE AERIAL EXPERIMENT ASSOCIATION
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED BY
THE AUTHORS
CONTENTS
PART I
BOYHOOD AND EARLY EXPERIMENTS‹
Augustus Post
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Coming Airmen‹An Introductory Chapter | 3 |
| II | Boyhood Days | 8 |
| III | Building Motors and Motorcycle Racing | 18 |
| IV | Baldwin's Balloon | 29 |
PART II
MY FIRST FLIGHTS‹
Glenn H. Curtiss
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Beginning to Fly | 37 |
| II | First Flights | 41 |
| III | The "June Bug"‹First Flights for the Scientific American Trophy and First Experiments with the Hydroaeroplane | 51 |
| IV | First Flights in New York City | 57 |