Beside engineers to John Alexander Douglas McCurdy and its friend Frederick W. Glenn Curtiss and second lieutenant Thomas E belonged to Baldwin. Selfridge to the initial members of the society. Curtiss was actually interested in a co-operation with the brothers WRIGHTs, however these rejected. Selfridge was already in the summer 1907 on Bells express desire involved as military observers of the US Government in attempts. Further air-minded engineers pushed first success to the society in addition and soon showed co-operation. The third airplane of the AEA, the AEA June nose, won the Scientific American price for the first public flight over more than 1 km in the USA on 4 July 1908. The brothers WRIGHTs could fly already substantially further, excluded thereby however the public for the protection of their patents as far as possible. To the society succeeded also first controlled powered flight with the AEA Silver Dart in Canada on 23 February 1909.

A majority of the development for the first water airplane took place in Hammondsport. By reached success the society for redundant judged itself and separated to 31. March 1909 up.

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