Glenn Curtiss at the Controls of His Aircraft at the Grande Semaine D'Aviation de Champagne, August 1909
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Before turning his energies to aviation, Glenn Curtiss successfully raced motorcycles. It's no surprise, then, that he eagerly participated in airplane competitions. Curtiss won the inaugural Gordon Bennett Airplane Race in Reims, France, in 1909. Curtiss averaged an impressive 46.5 miles per hour in his Rheims Racer, the airplane he designed specifically for the contest.
Before turning his energies to aviation, Glenn Curtiss successfully raced motorcycles. It's no surprise, then, that he eagerly participated in airplane competitions. Curtiss won the inaugural Gordon Bennett Airplane Race in Reims, France, in 1909. Curtiss averaged an impressive 46.5 miles per hour in his Rheims Racer, the airplane he designed specifically for the contest.
Artifact
Postcard
Subject Date
22 August 1909-29 August 1909
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.247
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Printing (Process)
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 5 in
Width: 3.563 in
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