American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Eastern view of Whitefield's Tabernacle

Eastern view of Whitefield's Tabernacle

View of the Great Hall of Christ's Hospital

at Dorney Court in Berkshire

Costume design

American aviator Glenn Curtiss making the first heavier-than-air flight in his 'June Bug Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Eastern view of Whitefield's TabernacleAmerican 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.