The Curtiss Aviation Book: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Curtiss Aviation Book, credited to Glenn Curtiss; Augustus Post, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of The Curtiss Aviation Book by Glenn Curtiss; Augustus Post. Read in English by Maria Kasper Glenn Hammond Curtiss, of Hammondsport, New York, won the Scientific American Trophy for the first pre-announced and officially witnessed airplane flight in North America when he flew his plane, the June Bug, 5,080 ft on July 4, 1908. In 1910, he was awarded permanent possession of that trophy when he made the first successful long-distance flight, 147 miles from Albany to New York City. He was the holder of the first US pilots' license ever issued, and opened the first flying school in the US. During WWI, most US military pilots got their training on the Curtiss JN-4, popularly nicknamed the "Jenny". Curtiss earned the title of "Father of Naval Aviation" when he developed the first hydroplanes and the first system for planes to take off and land on carrier ships at sea. In 1912, he co-authored the Curtiss Aviation Book with fellow aviation pioneer Augustus Post, detailing his early flights at Hammondsport, and discussing the state of aviation technology as it stood at that time. The book also includes three chapters on specialized uses of the aeroplane, by Paul Beck, Theodore Ellyson, and Hugh Robinson. (Maria Kasper)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Curtiss Aviation Book
• Author credits: Glenn Curtiss; Augustus Post
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 27
• Listed recording duration: 7:14:31

Catalogue topics

• aviation
• june bug
• glenn curtiss
• aerial experiment association
• aviators
• aviation history

Opening tracks: first 24 of 27

1. 01 - Pt 1 Ch 1 - The Coming Airmen, an Introductory Chapter — 7:34
2. 02 - Pt 1 Ch 2 - Boyhood Days — 14:50
3. 03 - Pt 1 Ch 3 - Building Motors and Motorcycle Racing — 16:40
4. 04 - Pt 1 Ch 4 - Baldwin's Balloon — 7:29
5. 05 - Pt 2 Ch 1 - Beginning to Fly — 6:28
6. 06 - Pt 2 Ch 2 - First Flights — 14:41
7. 07 - Pt 2 Ch 3 - The June Bug - First Flights for Scientific American Trophy - First Experiments with Hydroaeroplane — 9:30
8. 08 - Pt 2 Ch 4 - First Flights in New York City — 6:27
9. 09 - Pt 3 Ch 1 - The Rheims Meet - First International Aeroplane Contest — 21:55
10. 10 - Pt 3 Ch 2 - Hudson-Fulton Celebration - First American International Meet, Los Angeles — 16:52
11. 11 - Pt 3 Ch 3 - Flight Down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City — 34:00
12. 12 - Pt 3 Ch 4 - Beginning of the Hydroaeroplane — 26:07
13. 13 - Pt 3 Ch 5 - Developing the Hydroaeroplane at San Diego - The Hydro of Summer 1912 — 32:40
14. 14 - Pt 4 Ch 1 - Aeroplane Speed of the Future — 18:58
15. 15 - Pt 4 Ch 2 - Future Surprises of the Aeroplane - Hunting, Travel, Mail, Wireless, Life-Saving, and Other Uses — 30:36
16. 16 - Pt 4 Ch 3 - The Future of the Hydro — 9:08
17. 17 - Pt 4 Ch 4 - Future Problems of Aviation — 17:40
18. 18 - Pt 4 Ch 5 - The Aeroplane as Applied to the Army — 22:19
19. 19 - Pt 4 Ch 6 - The Aeroplane for the Navy — 11:51
20. 20 - Pt 4 Ch 7 - Gliding and Cycle-Sailing, a Future Sport for Boys, the Airmen of Tomorrow — 8:53
21. 21 - Pt 5 -Ch 1 - Teaching Aviators - How an Aviator Flies — 27:57
22. 22 - Pt 5 Ch 2 - Aviation for Amateurs — 13:34
23. 23 - Pt 5 Ch 3 - How it Feels to Fly — 15:09
24. 24 - Pt 5 Ch 4 - Operating a Hydroaeroplane — 8:50

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