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 COMPANY
All 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

CHAPTERPAGE
IThe Coming Airmen: An Introductory Chapter3
IIBoyhood Days8
IIIBuilding Motors and Motorcycle Racing18
IVBaldwin's Balloon29

PART II

MY FIRST FLIGHTS

Glenn H. Curtiss

CHAPTERPAGE
IBeginning to Fly37
IIFirst Flights41
IIIThe "June Bug"‹First Flights for the
Scientific American Trophy and First Experiments with the Hydroaeroplane		51
IVFirst Flights in New York City57