Glenn Curtiss was one of the great innovators of motorcycling and aircraft in the early days of the combustion engine. His V-8 and V-12 aircraft engines were legendary and record-setting on earth and in the sky. Technical Editor Kevin Cameron rates Curtiss as a hero, and Editor-in-Chief Mark Hoyer agrees. We also have excellent technical information about land speed racing from a engineerracer Wes Orloff who also rates Curtiss as a hero, and we examine Curtiss' speed record set on a beach in 1907.br br Looking to buy? Get prequalifiedbr br br Photo Credit: By The Motorcycle Illustrated (magazine) - Scientific American, Volume 96, Number 06, February 1906. This photo originally published in the February 1907 issue of The Motorcycle Illustrated (magazine).