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Curtiss Aviation School
1912
Hangars of the Curtiss Aviation School and the San Diego Aero Club on North Island in San Diego Harbor. Glenn Curtiss himself is thought to be the individual on the right.
Milwaukee Flying School
1912
An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption reads: "Student ready for a flight — Milwa...
Curtiss Aviation School Students
May 1912
The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the left. Unlike the previous year's class, wh...
Curtiss Aviation School Visitor and Staff
March 1912
Pilot Glenn Martin (left), visiting the Curtiss aviation school, with Curtiss aviators (left to right) John McClaskey and Lincoln Beachey, and with mechanic Henry Kleckler.
Curtiss Aviation School
1912
Photo opportunity day at the Glenn Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island in San Diego Harbor. The man in the lower left corner is thought to be Glenn Curtiss himself.
Kaminski as Aviation Instructor
1913
Hangar of the Ohio aviation school of Dr. Rudolph Silverston, formerly of Milwaukee, together with three planes: two Curtiss pushers and a Bleriot monoplane. Flying instructor John Kaminski is thou...
