Because of this feat and the prominence of Curtiss in early American aviation as a pilot and inventor, many in the U.S. believed he was the first to fly.

• 由于这次的成功，再加上柯蒂斯在美国航空界早期就是知名的飞行员与发明家，许多美国人相信他是第一个飞上天空的人。