High over Palm Beach By Augustus Mayhew Tuesday, August 11, 2009 In 1911, John McCurdy brought a Curtiss plane to Daytona, Key West and Palm Beach for demonstration flights. During McCurdy’s flight over Palm Beach, the world’s first wireless message was reportedly sent from a plane to the ground. The following season there…
In addition to his flight over Palm Beach in 1911, John Alexander Douglas McCurdy flew similar demonstrations in Daytona and Key West. Seaplanes utilized the dock in front of the Royal Poinciana Hotel as a point of departure.Courtesy of Historical Society of Palm Beach County. High over Palm Beach By Augustus Mayhew Tuesday,…
With Palm Beach’s North End as a backdrop, these fashionable pilots pose for a puff with their Curtiss seaplane. From a hangar on the lakeside shore, Rodman Wanamaker’s company offered Palm Beachers same-day round-trip flights from their backyard to Havana, Miami, Key West and Florida’s West Coast. Courtesy of the Historical Society of…
It was just after midnight on July 11, 1994 when the night watchman, Mario Papas, from the Travelodge Hotel (now the Clarion Hotel) noticed smoke pouring from the Curtiss Mansion and immediately called for help. Within a very short time, 20 fire units were on the scene, and by 2:30 a.m. the fire…
They both grabbed the attention of Hunter Scott. Don’t know who Scott is? Well, have we got a story for you! Currently, he is a US Navy aviator who is reviewing scripts for a movie based on his childhood experience that began with his National History Day Competitionentry. At age 12, Scott was…
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