| Both the army and the navy used Curtis' machines. During World War I, the Curtis factories in Hammondsport built the famous Jenny (JN-4) training planes and liberty engines. At the peak of the war, Curtis was supplying military planes to Great Britain and Russia as well as to the United States. After the war ended, his plane, The Wasp, established new records for speed, rate of climb, and altitude. He built a series of flying boats for the navy and the first airplane to cross the Atlantic.
In 1929, the Curtis Aeroplane and Engine Company merged with the Wright Aeronautical Corporation, forming the Curtis-Wright Corporation. Glenn, Curtis, served as one of the directors of new company and Orville Wright, was a consultant. The bitter rivalry between the Wnghts and Curtis, pioneers in aviation, thus came to an end. The following year, Glenn Curtis died.
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