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Meteorologist Ford A. Carpenter on left with Glenn Curtiss who established theCurtiss School of Flying on North Island, San Diego. Curtiss was a founder ofCurtiss-Wright Corporation and known as The Father of Naval Aviation.In: The Aviator and the Weather Bureau by Ford A. Carpenter.

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NOAA Central Library Historical Collections

Display Date

1911

Collection

Flying with NOAA