Mon, Apr 18, 2011
Exhibit Honors Glenn H. Curtiss, "The Father Of Naval
Aviation"
A special exhibit honoring the Centennial of Naval Aviation will
open at the Glenn H. Curtiss Museum on Saturday, April 30. The
exhibit features the Museum's reproduction of the 1911 Curtiss A-1
Triad, the U.S. Navy's first aircraft. Seated in this seaplane are
realistic figures of aviation pioneer and Hammondsport native,
Glenn Hammond Curtiss, with his student, Lt. Theodore Ellyson, who
was to become U.S. Naval Aviator number 1.
(L-R) Ellyson, Curtiss
The exhibit opening marks the beginning of the Museum's
Centennial of Naval Aviation celebrations. The handover of
the first A-1 Seaplane to the Navy will be re-enacted on the
afternoon of July 2, 100 years to the day after the actual event.
Weather permitting, the A-1 will be flown over Keuka Lake at 1400
EDT.
Centennial celebrations will continue with a Gala on the evening
of July 2. Captain Chuck Downey, the youngest Navy pilot to serve
in World War II, will be the featured speaker.
Curtiss Pusher First Landing On A Ship
"Taking off and landing on water is something that we take for
granted," says Curtiss Museum Executive Director, Trafford Doherty,
"What brought us to this point was the work performed by Curtiss to
make the seaplane a practical reality and this is considered to be
his principal achievement. Visitors to the exhibit will be amazed
at how far aviation has progressed in 100 years and they will gain
a strong sense of the great risks faced by early aviators. Flying
is a quick and safe way to travel today, thanks to the tremendous
courage of Glenn Curtiss and his fellow aviators and to their
dedicated efforts toward the advancement of aviation."
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