American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Pictured in studio at home

Pictured in studio at home

he served as its President from 1900 to 1905

left Portsmouth

Street scene showing part of London Road

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Pictured in studio at homeAmerican 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.