Miami Springs Historical Society

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During our visit to the Miami Springs Historical Society, we learned about Miami Springs and its founder, for which the major thoroughfare is named:

Glenn Hammond Curtiss. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles.

As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships.

In 1908, Curtiss joined the Aerial Experiment Association, a pioneering research group, founded by Alexander Graham Bell at Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, to build flying machines.

Curtiss made the first officially witnessed flight in North America, won a race at the world's first international air meet in France, and made the first long-distance flight in the United States.

His contributions in designing and building aircraft led to the formation of the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, now part of Curtiss-Wright Corporation. His company built aircraft for the U.S. Army and Navy, and, during the years leading up to World War I, his experiments with seaplanes led to advances in naval aviation.

Curtiss civil and military aircraft were predominant in the interwar and World War II eras.

If possible, visit Miami Springs, a City filled with history!

Miami Springs Mayor John Cavalier and City Council members with City Administrator Sam Halter and City Attorney Paul Hyman in1971.

(Translated by Google) they do not say they have moved.

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no dicen que se han movido.

Nice place to visit. Lots of history on the airlines like Eastern-Pan Am based in Miami Springs. History of Miami Springs since 1926. Worth thr trip.

Beautiful display of the community's history.