Curtiss
GLENN HAMMOND, an American aviator. He was born at Hammondsport, N. Y., in 1878, beginning work as a newsboy and later developing into a mechanic and cycle rider. In 1906 he established a record for the fastest mile on a motor cycle, and later experimented with flying machines. His first international cup was won in the contest at Rheims in 1909, and he also won the $10,000 prize offered by the New York "World" in 1910 for the New York-Albany flight. He also engaged in the manufacture of aeroplanes, becoming president of the Curtiss Aeroplane Co. at Hammondsport, and treasurer of the Curtiss Exhibition Co. During the World War the Curtiss Engineering Corporation produced the "NC-1," the largest seaplane in the world, making a flight with fifty men on board, a record which was bettered only in 1920.