This is part 2 of a two-part review of Aviation from its beginnings to the modern day. It is a subjective look at a couple of the highlights in the development of Aviation over the centuries. Glenn Hammond Curtiss, who was widely known in the aviation field by 1908, won the 1st Yankee award, the Systematic Yankee Trophy, for an aeroplane flight when he flew the ‘June Bug’ 5090 ft (1552m) in one min 42.5 sec on July four, 1908. Curtiss also went on to win the 1st global speed event, at 47mph (75.6 km / h), on Aug twenty-eight, 1910. He also became the 1st Yank to develop and fly a seaplane — the 1st successful seaplane flight having been done by Henri Fabre of France on March twenty-eight, 1910. Before World War I, plane design significantly improved. Continue reading →