Glenn Curtiss
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Most Influential Person Across History
American aviator and industrialist
Why Is Glenn Curtiss Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships. In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.