Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1915 - 1922
Historical Note
The Atlantic Coast Aeronautical Station, also known as the Curtiss Flying School, was founded by Glenn Curtiss in Newport News, Virginia in 1915. He hired Captain Thomas Scott Baldwin, a pioneer balloonist, to head the school and train pilots. The school was disbanded in 1922.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Biographical Information Files - Assorted Groups and Topics
Sub-Group
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Museum of Flight Biographical Information Files is an artifical collection created by the Museum's Archives staff with textual and photographic files on prominent people, groups, and events in the space and aviation industries. Over 1,600 individuals and a couple dozen groups are represented with textual material such as original and photocopies of newspaper clippings, articles, obituaries and other printed ephemera such as brochures and tickets, as well as photographic and digital...
Dates:
circa 1900-2020s
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