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Glenn Curtiss's flying boat glider at Port Washington, Long Island. See more here: www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/50172836033/

Glider used by Glenn Curtiss to test stepped hull configurations for flying boats. The "step" (a stepped notch at the rear of a flying boat's hull) enabled flying boats to lessen contact and drag with the water at speed, enabling them to more efficiently and quickly take-off. The design has long since been adapted to aircraft floats and boat hulls. Here is newsreel footage of Curtiss testing the above-photographed glider as it is towed at speed by a speedboat at Port Washington, Long Island. YouTube - Bomberguy: "Glen Curtiss - Father of Flying Boats"

Members of the First Yale Unit, Port Washington, L.I. See notes under

Rear Admiral Erl Clinton Barker Gould (1895-1968) www.millionairesunit.org/index.php?option=com_content&...


Frederick Trubee Davison (February 7, 1896 - November 14, 1974) was an American World War I aviator, Assistant US Secretary of War, Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of the American Museum of Natural History. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Trubee_Davison

Artemus Lamb Gates (November 3, 1895 – June 14, 1976) was an American businessman, naval aviator, and Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air in charge of naval aviation efforts in World War II.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemus_Gates

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Wanamaker flying school at Port Washington, Long Island see notes under

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