| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | N914GC |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss America |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss America |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss America Replica |
| C/n (msn): | 1 |
| Location | |
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| City / Area: | Hammondsport / Keuka Lake [ Off-Airport ]Map |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Event: | Glenn H. Curtiss Museum Seaplane Homecoming 2008 |
| Photo Date: | 13 September 2008 |
| Photo by: | Kenneth I. Swartz |
| Photo ID: | 420364 |
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The Glenn H. Curtiss Museum finally flew their reproduction of the 1914 Curtiss flying boat "America" from the surface of Lake Keuka at the museum's 2008 seaplane fly in Hammondsport, NY. In 1907, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell formed the Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) to develop aircraft and he recruited motorcycle and engine builder Glenn Curtiss to help. Design work began at Bell's estate in Nova Scotia and later moved to Curtiss' workshops in Hammondsport where four AEA aircraft were built and flown in 1908. In 1909, the AEA disbanded and Curtiss established his own company. This photo is copyright © Kenneth I. Swartz, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 12 December 2021, and has since been viewed 343 times. |