Hero of the Air : Glenn Curtiss and the Birth of Naval Aviation /
In this biography, William F. Trimble examines the pioneering work of Glenn Curtiss and his role in the originsof aviation in the U.S. Navy in the years up to and through World War I.A self-taught mechanic and inventor, Curtiss was a key figure in the development of the airplane during the early par...
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New York :
Naval Institute Press,
2013
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