January 26, 1911:
The first seaplane takes off.
While a number of seaplane prototypes that could land on water had been built, none had managed to take off from the water before then. Glenn Curtiss, an early aviator and one of the founders of the aviation industry, developed a pontoon design that allowed him to take off and land in the water.
Taken From: This Day in History by Jim Daley; Copyright 2019; Publications International, LTD
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