The Glenn H Curtiss Museum

[VCheng]

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7461 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7462 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

Glenn Curtiss was called "The Fastest Man on Earth" with this record on a 40 hp 4 liter V-8 powered motorcycle he built himself.

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7466 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7463 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7464 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7465 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

(Imagine doing 136 mph on this!)

[VCheng]

A 1936 Indian motorcycle with sidecar in original unrestored condition:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7467 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

In the background is this Harley-Davidson engine from 1922:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7468 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[tariqzaidi]

very inspirational stuff. Thanks for sharing

[VCheng]

The present day might of the US Navy started out with this airplane, the Curtiss A-1 Triad:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3859 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Apparently, 63 Octane was good enough:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7507 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here:

A-1 Triad

[VCheng]

1934 Harley-Davidson VLD:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7469 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7470 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7471 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[faizandawood007]

Boooooooooooooooooooooohat Awlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Mouth watering Collection specially the Bikes such a Piece of Beauty

[VCheng]

Yes, a BMW upright and a Harley-Davidson boxer engine:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7472 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7473 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7474 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7475 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7476 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

Check out the condition of these two classics:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7477 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7478 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

This is what "mint condition" actually means:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7479 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

The famous Curtiss June Bug:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7494 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7495 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3853 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here:

Flight of the June Bug - First Flight

[VCheng]

A wide angle view:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3854 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

The 1912 Curtiss Model D was not only the first aircraft to be built in numbers, it was the first to take off and land on the deck of a ship:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7508 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3858 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here: Curtiss Model D - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[VCheng]

The Curtiss Model 18 Seagull was one of the first successful flying boats for both military and civil uses:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7509 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7511 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3861 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7510 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3864 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3862 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

Various steamboat and railroad memorabilia:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3865 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

Three airplane engines from WW1, from left to right:

1912 60 hp Curtiss Model "S" - straight six
1914 200 hp Curtiss V2C10 - V8
1918 150 hp Kirkham - straight 6

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3867 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

1912 60 hp Curtiss Model "S" - straight six

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7513 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

1914 200 hp Curtiss V2C10 - V8

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7515 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7514 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[VCheng]

A tool chest from the Hammondsport plant:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3868 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

A surviving original blueprint (from a time when blueprints were actually blue prints. )

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7516 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

[emmaar]

Aala descriptions sir. A good one and very informative thread.

[VCheng]

The Liberty V-12 was a 27 liter 400 hp engine designed for mass production and to spawn off modular variants. It powered the Curtiss NC-4 flying boat, the first airplane to make it across the Atlantic:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3879 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3866 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

More here: Liberty L-12 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Teeboyuk]

I love the v8 bike..you learn something new every day..thanks for sharing ...

[VCheng]

Various displays of other local industries, including an electric clothes washer from 1913:

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7518 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-7519 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3873 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3875 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3881 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3883 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3882 by vcheng552000, on Flickr

Glenn Curtiss Museum-3884 by vcheng552000, on Flickr