American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:M: 60 x 45cm by Sir Francis Graham Moon

by Sir Francis Graham Moon

British Open 1952

Two of the Prince's fat mistresses do likewise

This family (from Missouri) reported

30th March 1969

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:M: 60 x 45cm by Sir Francis Graham MoonAmerican aviator Glenn Curtiss making his first heavier than air flight in his 'June Bug', 1908. On 4 July 1908 at Hammondsport, New York, Curtiss (1878 1930) won a $25,000 prize for being the first aviator to make a public flight of more than a kilometre. The Wright Brothers had made several flights in 1903 1905, but without the presence of official witnesses.