Spring Fling 2026 - Day 47: Curtiss Museum

Heading west towards home!

As far as the use of the RV for traveling, this will be the last time it will be driven to the eastern seaboard states  of the US.

Today was the real start of the westbound portion of the trip. We drove over 323 mi and are now overnighting at a harvest host location provided by the Glen H. Curtiss Museum.

Known as the father of Naval Aviation, he designed and built not only planes but also motorcycles, cars and even boats!  There are also motorcycles for other manufacturers such as:

He also had a Navy ship named after him!

The initial great accomplishment:

His seaplane, America, was a cool early example of such planes:

Another famous plane by Curtiss:

In January of 1907, he was called:

There were many motorcycles from other makers:

The parking area for Harvest Host lot docking is pretty big, you could squeeze them and dozen rigs I think.  

We were the only ones using the site today, under cloudy skies and some light rain helping too cool things off a bit but it is still humid here in Hammondsport, NY.

Curtiss C-46 Commando