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2000年7月23日是美国航空先驱、著名飞机设计师、飞行家和飞机制造家寇蒂斯逝世70周年。寇蒂斯制造了美国第一台航空发动机,进行了美国第一次有官方到场观看的飞行,创建了世界上最早的飞行学校。他是世界上第一位驾驶自制水上飞机实现水面起飞并安全降落的人;他的飞机开创了从舰上起飞和舰上降落的先河;他的JN-4教练机被许多国家采用;他的水上飞机创造了多项世界纪录……寇蒂斯的这些成就,使当时航空工业落后於欧洲的美国后来居上。格伦·哈温德·寇蒂斯(Glenn Hammond Curtiss)1878年5月21日生于美国纽约州的海蒙德斯港,曾作过报童。19世纪末,世界掀起了一股自行车旅行热,美国涌现了上万个自行车俱乐部和400家自行车制造商店。对机械有着浓厚兴趣并颇具进取精神的青年寇蒂斯也开了一家,成为一名自行车设计
July 23, 2000: The 70th anniversary of the death of Curtis, the pioneer of American Airlines, a famous aircraft designer, pilot and aircraft manufacturer. Curtiz made the first U.S. aero engine and conducted the first official U.S. flight to watch the flight, creating the world’s first flight school. He was the first person in the world to pilot a self-made seaplane for surface take-off and landing safely; his aircraft pioneered the take-off and landing of ships; his JN-4 trainer was used in many countries; his Seaplane has created several world records ... These achievements by Curtis left the aerospace industry behind the United States in Europe at the time. Glenn Hammond Curtiss was born as a newspaper boy on May 21, 1878, in Port Hernans, New York, United States. The end of the 19th century, the world set off a bike travel fever, the United States emerged tens of thousands of bike clubs and 400 bicycle manufacturing stores. The young Curtis, a deeply interested and motivated mechanic, also started a bicycle design