May 29, 1910 pioneer aviator Glenn Curtiss completes the first true cross-country flight from Albany to Manhattan, NY, a distance of 150 miles. Curtiss was going for the $10,000 dollar prize put up by the publisher of the newspaper New York World who was none other then Joseph Pulitzer. Curtiss flew for a total of 2 hours and 30 minutes with an average speed of 54 miles per hour.
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