American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Sectional landscape of levels within

Sectional landscape of levels within the Galienreuth cave complex

View of the Great Hall of Christ's Hospital

he served as its President from 1900 to 1905

watched by men in flat caps

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Sectional landscape of levels withinAmerican 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.