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aviation and contributed toward its development and acceptance at a time when it was looked upon as a crazy sport. History will record that he was a member of that exclusive group of so-called "birdmen" who carved out the [[strikethrough]] early [[/strikethrough]] beginnings of the modern air travel facilities the world enjoys today.

A member of the Early Birds. Curtiss La Q Day's name appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque in Dayton along with the others who learned to fly there on airplanes built by the Wright Brothers.

This biography was written directly after a personal interview with Curtiss Day who also gave the photograph.