A spread eagle is sitting on top of a globe with a Langley airplane model on forward side, and the North and South American continents on the rear surface. The globe is suspended by clouds on top of a pillar, with three winged horses on each side of base. The base is onyx.
Plaque on base has engraved text reading: "July 4, 1908 5090 feet Aerial Experiment Association, Glenn H. Curtiss, pilot Hammondsport, N.Y.; July 17, 1909 25 miles (40.25 km) 52 min. 30 sec., Glenn H. Curtiss Mineola, N.Y.; May 29, 1910 Glenn H. Curtis Albany to Camelot, N.Y. 71 ½ miles, 1 hr. 24 min."
On bottom: "Sterling Reed and Barton."