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A. Roy Knabenshue
Augustus Roy Knabenshue (July 15, 1875 – March 6, 1960) was an American aeronautical engineer and aviator.
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Aero Club of America
The Aero Club of America was a social club formed in 1905 by Charles Jasper Glidden and Augustus Post, among others, to promote aviation in America.
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Aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dogfights or competition aerobatics.
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Aileron
An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing aircraft.
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Airmail
Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of at least one leg of its journey being by air.
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Airplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a powered, fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller or rocket engine.
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Alan R. Hawley
Alan Ramsay Hawley (July 29, 1864 – February 16, 1938) was one of the early aviators in the United States.
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Albert Bond Lambert
Albert Bond Lambert (December 6, 1875 – November 12, 1946) was an American golfer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics and in the 1904 Summer Olympics.
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Albert Cushing Read
Albert Cushing Read, Sr. (April 29, 1887 – October 10, 1967) was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.
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Albert Daniel Smith
Albert Daniel Smith (February 6, 1887 – January 20, 1970) was a pioneer aviator and later a Brigadier General.
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Albert S. Heinrich
Albert Sigmund Heinrich (October 27, 1889 – June 25, 1974), was an American pioneer aviator in Baldwin, New York, who flew the first American monoplane, and designed the Heinrich Pursuit aircraft.
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Alberto Salinas Carranza
Alberto Salinas Carranza (November 15, 1892 – October 31, 1970) was a Mexican aviator who participated in the Mexican Revolution.
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Albin K. Longren
Albin Kasper Longren (January 18, 1882 – November 19, 1950) was an American aviation pioneer from the state of Kansas.
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Aldasoro brothers
Juan Pablo Aldasoro Suárez (1893–1962) and Eduardo Aldasoro Suárez (1894-1968) were aviation pioneers.
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Alfred A. Cunningham
Alfred Austell Cunningham (March 8, 1882 – May 27, 1939) was a United States Marine Corps officer who became the first Marine Corps aviator and the first Director of Marine Corps Aviation.
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Allan Lockheed
Allan Haines Lockheed (January 20, 1889 – May 26, 1969), born Allan Haines Loughead, was an American aviation pioneer and engineer.
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Alys McKey Bryant
Alys McKey Bryant (1880–1954) was an American aviator.
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Anthony Fokker
Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer.
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Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington National Cemetery is a United States military cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., in whose the dead of the nation's conflicts have been buried, beginning with the Civil War, as well as reinterred dead from earlier wars.
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Arthur Burr Stone
Arthur Burr Stone (1874–1943) at earlyaviators.com also known as A. B. Stone and "Wizard" Stone, was an American aviation pioneer.
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Arthur P. Warner
Arthur Pratt Warner (April 18, 1870, Jacksonville, Florida – March 22, 1957, Beloit, Wisconsin) was an American inventor, businessman and pioneer aviator.
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Ashland, Illinois
Ashland is a village in Cass County, Illinois, United States.
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Assen Jordanoff
Assen "Jerry" Jordanoff (Асен Христов Йорданов) born Asen Khristov Yordanov, September 2, 1896, Sofia, Bulgaria – d. October 19, 1967, White Plains, New York) was a Bulgarian inventor, engineer, and aviator. Jordanoff is considered to be the founder of aeronautical engineering in Bulgaria, as well as a contributor to the development of aviation in the United States. He occupied a distinct place among pilots of his time, the golden age of airmanship; in America, Jordanoff gained almost legendary status for his many roles as test pilot, airmail and air taxis pilot, stunt pilot, and flying instructor. He worked as an engineer for a number of companies, including Curtiss-Wright, Boeing, Lockheed, North American, Consolidated, Chance-Vought, Douglas and Piper, where he produced instruction books and manuals for famous airplanes such as the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, the Lockheed P-38 Lightning, the North American B-25 Mitchell, the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress, the Consolidated B-24 Liberator, the Boeing B-29 Superfortress, and the Douglas DC-3. Jordanoff was also well known for his numerous educational publications on aeronautics, including his inventions outside the realm of aviation.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Audouin Dollfus
Audouin Charles Dollfus (November 12, 1924 – October 1, 2010) was a French astronomer and aeronaut, specialist in studies of the Solar System and discoverer of Janus, a moon of Saturn.
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Augustus Post
Augustus Thomas Post Jr. (8 December 1873 – 4 October 1952) was an American adventurer who distinguished himself as an automotive pioneer, balloonist, early aviator, writer, actor, musician and lecturer.
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Aviation accidents and incidents
An aviation accident is defined by the Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, where a person is fatally or seriously injured, the aircraft sustains damage or structural failure or the aircraft is missing or is completely inaccessible.
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Aviation in the pioneer era
The pioneer era of aviation refers to the period of aviation history between the first successful powered flight, generally accepted to have been made by the Wright Brothers on 17 December 1903, and the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914.
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Aviation in World War I
World War I was the first major conflict involving the large-scale use of aircraft.
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.
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Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.
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Bellevue Hospital
Bellevue Hospital, founded on March 31, 1736, is the oldest public hospital in the United States.
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Benjamin Foulois
Benjamin Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers.
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Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California.
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Bernetta Adams Miller
Bernetta Adams Miller (January 11, 1884 – November 30, 1972) was a pioneering woman aviator who was the fifth licensed woman pilot in the United States.
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Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport
Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, formerly Birmingham Municipal Airport and later Birmingham International Airport, is a joint civil-military airport serving the city of Birmingham, Alabama and its metropolitan area, including Tuscaloosa, in the United States.
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Blanche Scott
Blanche Stuart Scott (April 8, 1884 – January 12, 1970), also known as Betty Scott, was possibly the first American woman aviator.
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Boland brothers
Frank Edward Boland (July 31, 1873 – January 3, 1913), James Paul Boland (August 20, 1882 – December 19, 1967) and Joseph John Boland (May 27, 1879 – September 12, 1964) were early aircraft designers from Rahway, New Jersey who started the Boland Airplane and Motor Company.
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Boston
Boston is the capital city and most populous municipality of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States.
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Bradenton, Florida
Bradenton is a city in Manatee County, Florida, United States.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Bridgeport is a historic seaport city in the U.S. state of Connecticut.
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Bridgeton, New Jersey
Bridgeton is a city in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, in the southern part of the state, on the Cohansey River, near Delaware Bay.
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Brookline, Massachusetts
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, in the United States, and is a part of Greater Boston.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.
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Byron Q. Jones
Byron Quinby Jones (April 9, 1888 – March 30, 1959) was a pioneer aviator and an officer in the United States Army.
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Cadillac, Michigan
Cadillac is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and is the county seat of Wexford County.
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Caleb Bragg
Caleb Smith Bragg (23 November 1885 – 24 October 1943) was an American racecar driver, speedboat racer, aviation pioneer, and automotive inventor.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and part of the Boston metropolitan area.
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Cape May, New Jersey
Cape May is a city at the southern tip of Cape May Peninsula in Cape May County, New Jersey, where the Delaware Bay meets the Atlantic Ocean.
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Carl S. Bates
Carl S. Bates (January 1, 1884 – August 27, 1956) was an aviation pioneer from Clear Lake, Iowa.
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Carl Spaatz
Carl Andrew Spaatz (born Spatz; June 28, 1891 – July 14, 1974), nicknamed "Tooey", was an American World War II general.
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Carrollton, Illinois
Carrollton is a city in Greene County, Illinois, United States.
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Cessna
The Cessna Aircraft Company was an American general aviation aircraft manufacturing corporation headquartered in Wichita, Kansas.
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Chandlerville, Illinois
Chandlerville is a village in Cass County, Illinois, United States.
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Charles deForest Chandler
Colonel Charles deForest Chandler (December 24, 1878 – May 18, 1939) was an American military aviator, and the first head of the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps that later became the United States Air Force.
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Charles F. West (aviator)
Charles F. West (April 24, 1899 – July 14, 1972) was a pioneer aviator and the North Pacific Area Chairman of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Charles Franklin Niles
Charles Franklin Niles was an early aviator having been taught by Glenn Curtiss in 1913.
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Chicago
Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.
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Chicago Tribune
The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.
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Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve is the evening or entire day before Christmas Day, the festival commemorating the birth of Jesus.
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Cincinnati
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Clara Adams
Clara Adams (born Clara Grabau; 1884 – 1971), known as the "first flighter" and the "maiden of maiden flights," was an aviator who set a variety of flying records.
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Clear Lake, Iowa
Clear Lake is a city in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
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Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio, and the county seat of Cuyahoga County.
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Clyde Cessna
Clyde Vernon Cessna (December 5, 1879 – November 20, 1954) was an American aircraft designer, aviator, and founder of the Cessna Aircraft Corporation.
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Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame
The Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame was established by the Colorado Aviation Historical Society (CAHS) in Denver, Colorado, USA, on November 11, 1969 for the State of Colorado.
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Columbiana, Ohio
Columbiana is a city in Columbiana and Mahoning counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in Ohio.
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Concord, California
Concord is the largest city in Contra Costa County, California.
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Cord Meyer
Cord Meyer Jr. (November 10, 1920 – March 13, 2001) was a US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) official.
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Curtiss Flying School
A Curtiss Jenny on a training flight Curtiss Flying School at North Beach California in 1911 The Curtiss Flying School was started by Glenn Curtiss to compete against the Wright Flying School of the Wright brothers.
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Curtiss LaQ Day
Curtiss LaQ Day (24 May 1895 – 25 April 1972) was an American aviation pioneer.
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Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.
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Dean Ivan Lamb
Dean Ivan Lamb (January 25, 1886 – November 1955) was an American pioneer aviator and soldier of fortune.
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DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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DeLloyd Thompson
DeLoyd "Dutch" Thompson was a pioneering aviator in the early 20th century.
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DeWitt Clinton Ramsey
Admiral DeWitt Clinton Ramsey (October 2, 1888 – September 7, 1961) was a U.S. Navy officer and pioneer naval aviator who served as an aircraft carrier commander during World War II.
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Didier Masson
Didier Masson (23 February 1886 – 2 June 1950) was a pioneering French aviator.
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Dorothy Rice Sims
Dorothy Rice Sims (June 24, 1889 – March 24, 1960) was an American sportswoman, aviator, bridge player, artist, and journalist.
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Duluth, Minnesota
Duluth is a major port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Saint Louis County.
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Earl Winfield Spencer Jr.
Earl Winfield Spencer Jr. (September 20, 1888 – May 29, 1950) was a pioneering U.S. Navy pilot who served as the first commanding officer of Naval Air Station, San Diego.
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Earle Ovington
Earle Lewis Ovington (December 20, 1879 – July 21, 1936) was an American aeronautical engineer, aviator and inventor, and served as a lab assistant to Thomas Edison.
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Early Birds of Aviation
The Early Birds of Aviation is an organization devoted to the history of early pilots.
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Ed Musick
Edwin Charles Musick (August 13, 1894 – January 11, 1938 in Pago Pago, American Samoa) was Chief Pilot for Pan American World Airways and pioneered many of Pan Am's transoceanic routes including the famous route across the Pacific Ocean on the China Clipper.
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Edgar S. Gorrell
Edgar Staley Gorrell (February 3, 1891—March 5, 1945) was an American military officer, aviation pioneer, historian, manufacturing entrepreneur, and advocate for the airline industry.
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Edgar Wirt Bagnell
Edgar Wirt Bagnell (November 20, 1890 – August 27, 1958) was a pioneer aviator who was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Edward Antoine Bellande
Edward A. Bellande (–) was a pioneer of aviation and aeronautics, WW1 navy pilot, barnstormer, skywriter, crop duster, movie stunt artist, motion picture airway liaison, early airline pilot, and one of only ten recipients of the Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor.
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Edward Bayard Heath
Edward Bayard Heath (November 17, 1888 – November 1, 1931) was an American Aircraft engineer.
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Edward Orrick McDonnell
Edward Orrick McDonnell (November 13, 1891 – January 6, 1960) was an American sailor and Medal of Honor recipient.
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Edward Robert Armstrong
Edward Robert Armstrong (1876–1955) was a Canadian-American engineer and inventor who in 1927 proposed a series of "seadrome" floating airport platforms for airplanes to land on and refuel for transatlantic flights.
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Edward Stinson
Edward Anderson Stinson, Jr. (July 11, 1893 – January 26, 1932) was an American pilot and aircraft manufacturer.
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Edwin Charles Parsons
Edwin Charles Parsons (24 September 1892 – 2 May 1968) aka Ted Parsons, was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, and former French Foreign Legionnaire, flying ace, Hollywood aviation technical advisor, FBI Special Agent, and author.
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Elgin, Illinois
Elgin is a city in Cook and Kane counties in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois.
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Elling Oliver Weeks
Elling Oliver Weeks (August 23, 1890 – September 10, 1956) was a pioneer aviator.
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Elmer Fowler Stone
Elmer "Archie" Fowler Stone (January 22, 1887 – May 20, 1936) was a United States naval aviator and a commander in the United States Coast Guard.
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Emil Matthew Laird
Emil Matthew Laird (November 29, 1896 – December 18, 1982) was an American aircraft builder and pilot.
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Emil Meinecke
Lieutenant Emil Meinecke (20 July 1892 – 2 May 1975) was a German flying ace during World War I. After the war, he stayed in aviation, rising to the post of chief test pilot for Fokker.
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F. Trubee Davison
Frederick Trubee Davison (February 7, 1896 – November 14, 1974) was an American World War I aviator, Assistant United States Secretary of War, Director of Personnel for the Central Intelligence Agency, and President of the American Museum of Natural History.
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Fairmount, Indiana
Fairmount is a town in Fairmount Township, Grant County in the east central part of the U.S. state of Indiana.
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Faribault, Minnesota
Faribault is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States.
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Farnum Fish
Farnum Thayer Fish (5 October 1896 – 30 July 1978) was an early American airplane pilot known as the "Boy Aviator".
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Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération aéronautique internationale (FAI; The World Air Sports Federation), is the world governing body for air sports.
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Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the United States Department of Transportation that specializes in highway transportation.
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Fishkill, New York
Fishkill is a village within the town of Fishkill in Dutchess County, New York, United States.
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Fitzgerald, Georgia
The city of Fitzgerald is the county seat of Ben Hill County in the U.S. state of Georgia.
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Flying boat
A flying boat is a fixed-winged seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water, that usually has no type of landing gear to allow operation on land.
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Fordyce, Arkansas
Fordyce is a city in Dallas County, Arkansas, United States.
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Francis Thomas Evans Sr.
Francis Thomas Evans Sr. (3 June 1886 – 14 March 1974) was a pioneer aviator.
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Frank H. Ellis
Frank H. Ellis, (October 13, 1893 – July 4, 1979) was an early Canadian aviator and member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Frank Herbert Burnside
Frank Herbert Burnside (August 7, 1888 - August 26, 1935) was a record-holding pioneer airmail pilot.
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Frank J. Bell
Frank J. Bell (1885 – November 5, 1957) was an aviator from Montana.
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Frank P. Lahm
Frank Purdy Lahm (November 17, 1877 – July 7, 1963) was an American aviation pioneer, the "nation's first military aviator", and a general officer in the United States Army Air Corps and Army Air Forces.
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Frank Schoeber
Frank Schober (April 21, 1891 - July 19, 1970) was one of the pioneers of aviation.
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Frank Trenholm Coffyn
Frank Trenholm Coffyn (October 24, 1878 – December 10, 1960) was a pioneer aviator.
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Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially the City of Frankfurt am Main ("Frankfurt on the Main"), is a metropolis and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany.
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Frederick E. Humphreys
Frederick Erastus Humphreys (September 16, 1883 – January 20, 1941) was one of the original three military pilots trained by the Wright brothers and the first to fly solo.
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Frederick Walker Baldwin
Frederick Walker Baldwin (January 2, 1882 – August 7, 1948), also known as Casey Baldwin, paternal grandson of Canadian reform leader Robert Baldwin, was a hydrofoil and aviation pioneer and partner of the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell.
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Frostburg, Maryland
Frostburg is a city in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, and is at the head of the Georges Creek Valley.
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Gas balloon
A gas balloon is a balloon that flies in the air because it is filled with a gas less dense than air or lighter than air (such as helium or hydrogen).
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George Brett (general)
George Howard Brett (7 February 1886 – 2 December 1963) was a United States Army Air Forces General during World War II.
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George D. Grundy Jr.
George Debaun Grundy Jr. (June 21, 1898 – May 19, 1998) was a pioneer aviator and the last living member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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George D. Murray
George Dominic Murray (July 6, 1889 – June 18, 1956) was an Admiral in the United States Navy and early naval aviator.
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George E. A. Hallett
Colonel George Eustace Amyot Hallett (May 9, 1890 – June 2, 1982) was a pioneer aviator.
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George E. Stratemeyer
Lieutenant General George Edward Stratemeyer (24 November 1890 – 11 August 1969) was World War II chief of Air Staff and United States Air Force Far East Air Forces commander during the first year of the Korean War.
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George H. Prudden
George Henry Prudden, Jr. (February 18, 1893 – January 20, 1964) was an American aircraft engineer.
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George William Beatty
George William Beatty (August 28, 1887 – February 20, 1955) was a pioneer aviator who set early altitude and distance records, including one record set on the same day that he flew his first solo flight.
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Giuseppe Mario Bellanca
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca (March 19, 1886 – December 26, 1960) was an Italian-American airplane designer and builder who created the first enclosed-cabin monoplane in the United States in 1922.
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Glenn Curtiss
Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry.
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Glenn L. Martin
Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 – December 5, 1955) was an early American aviation pioneer.
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Glenn Messer
Glenn Edmund Messer (July 12, 1895 – June 13, 1995) was an American aviation pioneer, responsible for major advances in the use and modification of existing aircraft and in the design and construction of aircraft and aircraft instruments.
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Glider (aircraft)
A glider is a heavier-than-air aircraft that is supported in flight by the dynamic reaction of the air against its lifting surfaces, and whose free flight does not depend on an engine.
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Gothenburg
Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the second-largest city in Sweden and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries.
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Grafton, West Virginia
Grafton is a city in — and the county seat of — Taylor County, West Virginia, USA.
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Greely S. Curtis
Greely Stevenson Curtis (November 21, 1830 – February 12, 1897) was a volunteer officer in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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Green Lawn Cemetery (Columbus, Ohio)
Green Lawn Cemetery is a large and historically significant burial ground in Central Ohio, United States.
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Green-Wood Cemetery
Green-Wood Cemetery was founded in 1838 as a rural cemetery in Kings County, New York.
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Guthrie County, Iowa
Guthrie County is a county located in the U.S. state of Iowa.
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H. Roy Waite
Henry Roy Waite (October 3, 1884 - December 18, 1978) was an aviation pioneer.
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Hamilton Standard
Hamilton Standard (Now UTC Aerospace Systems a.k.a. UTAS), an aircraft propeller parts supplier, was formed in 1929 when United Aircraft and Transport Corporation consolidated Hamilton Aero Manufacturing and Standard Steel Propeller into the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation.
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Harold Buckley Willis
Harold Buckley Willis (9 February 1890 – 18 April 1962), was a member of the Lafayette Escadrille during World War I and design the insignia for the squadron.
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Harold D. Kantner
Harold Dewolf Kantner (February 23, 1886 – December 11, 1973) was a pioneer aviator.
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Harold Evans Hartney
Harold Evans Hartney was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace with the United States Army Air Service, credited with seven confirmed and one unconfirmed aerial victories.
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Harrison, Michigan
Harrison is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Harry Atwood
Harry Nelson Atwood (November 15, 1883 – July 14, 1967) was an American pioneer aviator, engineer and inventor.
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Harry Bingham Brown
Harry Bingham Brown (October 9, 1883 – 1954), was a pioneer aviator.
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Harry Ferguson
Henry George "Harry" Ferguson (4 November 188425 October 1960) was an Irish-born British engineer and inventor who is noted for his role in the development of the modern agricultural tractor and its three point linkage system, for being the first person in Ireland to build and fly his own aeroplane, and for developing the first four-wheel drive Formula One car, the Ferguson P99.
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Haverhill, Massachusetts
Haverhill is a hilly and historic city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Helen Hodge Harris
Helen Hodge Harris (born in Omaha, Nebraska on August 2, 1892; died in Pomona, California in 1967) was among the first women to earn a pilot's license.
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Helena, Arkansas
Helena is the eastern portion of Helena-West Helena, Arkansas, a city in Phillips County, Arkansas.
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Hempstead, New York
Hempstead is one of the three towns in Nassau County, New York, United States, occupying the southwestern part of the county, in the western half of Long Island.
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Henri Fabre
Henri Fabre (November 29, 1882 – June 30, 1984) was a French aviator and the inventor of the first successful seaplane, the Fabre Hydravion.
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Henry H. Arnold
Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the grades of General of the Army and General of the Air Force.
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Herbert Dargue
Herbert Arthur "Bert" Dargue (November 17, 1886 – December 12, 1941) was a career officer in the United States Army, reaching the rank of major general in the Army Air Forces.
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Hilder Florentina Smith
Hilder Florentina Youngber Smith (August 10, 1890 – January 11, 1977) was a pioneer aviator.
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Hiram Percy Maxim
Hiram Percy Maxim (September 2, 1869 – February 17, 1936) was an American radio pioneer and inventor, and co-founder (with Clarence D. Tuska) of the American Radio Relay League (ARRL).
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Holden C. Richardson
Holden Chester Richardson (December 7, 1878 – September 2, 1960), was a decorated officer in the United States Navy with the rank of captain.
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Horatio Barber
Captain Horatio Claude Barber (1875–1964) was an early British aviation pioneer and First World War flight instructor.
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Hornell, New York
Hornell is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States.
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Hugh Robinson (aviator)
Hugh Armstrong Robinson (May 13, 1881 – 1963) was a pioneer in the earliest days of aviation, combining his skills of inventor, pilot, and daredevil.
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Igor Sikorsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (a, tr. Ígor' Ivánovič Sikórskij; May 25, 1889 – October 26, 1972),Fortier, Rénald.
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International Court of Justice
The International Court of Justice (abbreviated ICJ; commonly referred to as the World Court) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN).
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Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), also known as cerebral bleed, is a type of intracranial bleed that occurs within the brain tissue or ventricles.
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Iowa
Iowa is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri and Big Sioux rivers to the west.
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J. Clifford Turpin
James Clifford Turpin (6 May 1886 – January 1966) was a pioneer aviator with the Wright Exhibition Team.
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James C. Mars
James Cairn Mars (March 8, 1875 - July 25, 1944), also known Bud Mars and the Curtiss Daredevil, was an aviation pioneer.
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James Floyd Smith
James Floyd Smith (October 17, 1884 – April 18, 1956) was a test pilot and instructor for Glenn Martin, and was a manufacturer of parachutes.
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Jefferson, Alabama
Jefferson is an unincorporated community in Marengo County, Alabama, United States.
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John Alexander Douglas McCurdy
John Alexander Douglas McCurdy (August 2, 1886 – June 25, 1961) was a Canadian aviation pioneer and the 20th Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia from 1947 to 1952.
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John B. Stetson
John Batterson Stetson (May 5, 1830 – February 18, 1906) was an American hatter, hat manufacturer, and, in the 1860s, the inventor of the cowboy hat.
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John Cyril Porte
Lieutenant Colonel John Cyril Porte, (26 February 1884 – 22 October 1919) was a British flying boat pioneer associated with the World War I Seaplane Experimental Station at Felixstowe.
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John F. Curry
Major General John Francis Curry (April 22, 1886 – March 4, 1973) was the first national commander of the Civil Air Patrol, the United States Air Force Auxiliary.
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John F. Freund
John Fredrick Freund, Jr. (1918-2001).
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John Henry Towers
John Henry Towers (January 30, 1885 – April 30, 1955) was a United States Navy admiral and pioneer naval aviator.
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John Jacob Astor IV
John Jacob "Jack" Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family.
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John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara
Lieutenant-Colonel John Theodore Cuthbert Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara, (8 February 1884 – 17 May 1964) was an English aviation pioneer and Conservative politician.
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John Weston (pioneer aviator and motor caravanner)
John Weston (born Maximilian John Ludwick Weston) was a South African aeronautical engineer, pioneer aviator, farmer and soldier.
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Joseph E. Carberry
Joseph Eugene Carberry (July 20, 1887 – November 12, 1961) was a pioneer aviator.
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Joseph M. Pallissard
Joseph Marie Pallissard (January 4, 1886 - May 24, 1960) also known as Caproni-Joe, was a pioneer aviator.
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Jupiter, Florida
Jupiter is the northernmost town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
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Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri.
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Katherine Stinson
Katherine Stinson (February 14, 1891 – July 8, 1977) was a pioneering American aviator.
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Kenneth Whiting
Kenneth Whiting (22 July 1881 – 24 April 1943) was a United States Navy officer who was a pioneer in submarines and is best known for his lengthy career as a pioneering naval aviator.
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Laguna Beach, California
Laguna Beach is a seaside resort city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States.
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Lake Forest, Illinois
Lake Forest is a city located in Lake County, Illinois, United States.
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Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Lawrence Malcolm Allison
Lawrence Malcolm Allison (1894–1974) was a maker of gliders and was a pioneer aviator.
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Leslie Irvin (parachutist)
Leslie Leroy Irvin (September 10, 1895 – October 9, 1966) made the first premeditated free-fall parachute jump in 1919.
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Lester F. Bishop
Lester Frank Bishop (April 12, 1889 – March 28, 1967) was a pioneer aviator who delivered air mail.
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Levitt Luzern Custer
Levitt Luzern Custer (July 27, 1888 – August 30, 1962) was the inventor of the statoscope and early motorized wheelchair, called the Custer chair.
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Lewis E. Goodier Jr.
Lewis Edward Goodier Jr. (August 5, 1885 – December 29, 1961) was a pioneer aviator and, as such, a member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Lewis H. Brereton
Lewis Hyde Brereton (June 21, 1890 – July 20, 1967) was a military aviation pioneer and lieutenant general in the United States Air Force.
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Lewiston, California
Lewiston is a census-designated place (CDP) in Trinity County, California, United States.
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List of fatalities from aviation accidents
Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.
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List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1909
The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from January 1, 1910 on.
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List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1910
The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from 1909.
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.
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Logan Archbold Vilas
Logan Archbold "Jack" Vilas (May 25, 1891 – May 15, 1976) was an aviation pioneer and a member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated island off the East Coast of the United States, beginning at New York Harbor just 0.35 miles (0.56 km) from Manhattan Island and extending eastward into the Atlantic Ocean.
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Long Island City
Long Island City (LIC) is the westernmost residential and commercial neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.
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Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper which has been published in Los Angeles, California since 1881.
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Louis Blériot
Louis Charles Joseph Blériot (1 July 1872 – 1 August 1936) was a French aviator, inventor and engineer.
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Louis Charles Breguet
Louis Charles Breguet (2 January 1880 in Paris – 4 May 1955 in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France) was a French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers.
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Ludington Daily News
The Ludington Daily News is the daily newspaper of Ludington, Michigan.
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Luis de Florez
Luis de Florez (March 4, 1889 − November, 1962) was a naval aviator and a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy that was actively involved in experimental aerospace development projects for the United States Government.
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Lyon County, Iowa
Lyon County is the most northwesterly county of the U.S. state of Iowa.
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LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin
LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin (Deutsches Luftschiff Zeppelin #127; Registration: D-LZ 127) was a German-built and -operated, passenger-carrying, hydrogen-filled, rigid airship which operated commercially from 1928 to 1937.
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LZ 129 Hindenburg
LZ 129 Hindenburg (Luftschiff Zeppelin #129; Registration: D-LZ 129) was a large German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, the lead ship of the ''Hindenburg'' class, the longest class of flying machine and the largest airship by envelope volume.
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Macon, Georgia
Macon, officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county located in the state of Georgia, United States.
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Manhattan
Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and its historical birthplace.
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Marjorie Stinson
Marjorie Claire Stinson (July 5, 1895 – April 15, 1975) was an American aviator.
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Marshall Earle Reid
Marshall Earle Reid (August 31, 1887 – December 5, 1955) was a pioneer early aviator.
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Martin F. Scanlon
Martin Francis Scanlon (11 August 1889 – 26 January 1980) was a general officer in the United States Air Force during World War II.
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Mason City, Iowa
Mason City is a city in and the county seat of Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, United States.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
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Matilde E. Moisant
Matilde Josephine Moisant (September 13, 1878 – February 5, 1964) was an American pioneer aviator.
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Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Mattapoisett is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States.
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Maurice Prévost
Lucien Maurice Prévost, normally Maurice Prévost, (September 22, 1887 in Reims – November 27, 1952) in Neuilly-sur-Seine) was a French pioneer aviator, best remembered for winning the first Schneider Trophy race in 1913, and the Gordon Bennett Trophy the same year. Maurice Prévost was born in Reims at 5 rue Flodoard. He studied at the Practical School of Commerce and Industry of Reims. Joining the Betheny Deperdussin Aviation School in November 1910, Prévost rose to chief instructor. He obtained his civil pilot's license on April 29, 1911 (#475), and his military wings (#38) on August 26, 1911. He secured third place in the French military aircraft trials in September 1911 and won the altitude competition. In December 1911 he reached 10,000 feet, breaking the world altitude record with a passenger. Famously Prévost won the first Schneider Trophy race at Monaco on April 16, 1913, while on September 27, 1913 he won the Gordon-Bennett speed world record. In 1921 Prévost married Jeanne Catherine Françoise Mulaton (1881-1956) in Reims. He died in 1952 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, and was buried in the "Southern Cemetery" of Reims, his grave being decorated with a bust signed Leon Chavalliaud which was presented to him in 1913 for his Gordon-Bennett Cup victory.
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Medford, Massachusetts
Medford is a city 3.2 miles northwest of downtown Boston on the Mystic River in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.
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MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital
MedStar Good Samaritan Hospital is a hospital in Baltimore.
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Miami
Miami is a major port city on the Atlantic coast of south Florida in the southeastern United States.
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Michael Gregor (aircraft engineer)
Michael Gregor, born Mikheil Grigorashvili (მიხეილ გრიგორაშვილი) or Mikhail Leontyevich Grigorashvili (Михаил Леонтьевич Григорашвили) (1888 – 1953) was an aircraft engineer of Georgian origin, one of the pioneering aviators in the Russian Empire, the United States, and Canada.
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Middletown Township, New Jersey
Middletown Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
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Middletown, Orange County, New York
Middletown is a city in Orange County, New York, United States.
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Milford, Connecticut
Milford is a city within Coastal Connecticut and New Haven County, Connecticut, between Bridgeport, Connecticut and New Haven, Connecticut.
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Milford, Ohio
Milford is a city in Clermont and Hamilton counties started in 1796, in the U.S. state of Ohio, along the Little Miami River and its East Fork in the southwestern part of the state.
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Millard Harmon
Millard Fillmore Harmon Jr. (January 19, 1888 – February 26, 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Pacific campaign in World War II.
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Milton, Massachusetts
Milton is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States and an affluent suburb of Boston.
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Milwaukee
Milwaukee is the largest city in the state of Wisconsin and the fifth-largest city in the Midwestern United States.
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Mineola, New York
Mineola is a village in Nassau County, Long Island, New York, United States.
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Monterey, California
Monterey is a city located in Monterey County in the U.S. state of California, on the southern edge of Monterey Bay on California's Central Coast.
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Mount Clemens, Michigan
Mount Clemens is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan.
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Naipes Heraclio Fournier
Naipes Heraclio Fournier S.A. is a well known Spanish playing card manufacturer based in Vitoria and which has its factory in Villareal de Álava (Spain).
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National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the NASM, is a museum in Washington, D.C..
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Naval Hospital Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Naval Hospital was the first high-rise hospital building constructed by the United States Navy.
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NCR Corporation
The NCR Corporation (originally National Cash Register) is a company that makes self-service kiosks, point-of-sale terminals, automated teller machines, check processing systems, barcode scanners, and business consumables.
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Neptune City, New Jersey
Neptune City is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
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Neptune Township, New Jersey
Neptune Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, in the United States.
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New Year's Day
New Year's Day, also called simply New Year's or New Year, is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar.
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New York City
The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Newport News Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, is the largest industrial employer in Virginia, and sole designer, builder and refueler of U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and one of two providers of U.S. Navy submarines.
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Newport News, Virginia
Newport News is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Nicholas Rippen Abberly
Nicholas Rippen Abberly (March 25, 1891 – April 1983) was an American pioneer aviator and member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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North Carolina
North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.
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Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City is a city in Venango County, Pennsylvania, that is known in the initial exploration and development of the petroleum industry.
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Oliver Colin LeBoutillier
Captain Oliver Colin LeBoutillier (24 May 1894 – 12 May 1983) was a World War I aviator who witnessed the death of Manfred von Richthofen.
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Otto Timm
Otto William Timm (October 28, 1893 – June 29, 1978) was a California-based barnstormer and aircraft manufacturer of German descent.
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Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades is a coastal neighborhood in the Westside of the city of Los Angeles, California, located among Brentwood to the east, Malibu and Topanga to the west, Santa Monica to the southeast, the Santa Monica Bay to the southwest, and the Santa Monica Mountains to the north.
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Palm Beach, Florida
The Town of Palm Beach is an incorporated town in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States.
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Palo Alto, California
Palo Alto is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, in the San Francisco Bay Area of the United States.
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Patrick N. L. Bellinger
Patrick Nieson Lynch Bellinger (October 8, 1885 – May 30, 1962) was a United States Navy officer with the rank of Vice Admiral, a naval aviator and a naval aviation pioneer.
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Paul E. Garber
Paul Edward Garber (August 31, 1899 - September 23, 1992) was the first head of the National Air Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, D.C. Through his work and effort, the most complete collection of historical aircraft in the world was gathered and preserved.
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Paxton, Illinois
Paxton is a city in Ford County, Illinois, United States.
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Percival H. Spencer
Percival Hopkins Spencer (April 30, 1897 – January 16, 1995) was an American inventor, aviation pioneer, test pilot, and businessman.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.
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Pierre de Lagarde Boal
Pierre de Lagarde Boal (September 29, 1895, Thonon-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, France – May 24, 1966, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) was an American diplomat and aviator.
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Plainfield, New Jersey
Plainfield is a city in Union County, New Jersey, United States, known by its nickname as "The Queen City".
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Pusher configuration
In a vehicle with a pusher configuration (as opposed to a tractor configuration), the propeller(s) are mounted behind their respective engine(s).
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Ralph Hazlett Upson
Ralph Hazlett Upson (June 21, 1888 – August 13, 1968) was a pioneer in the aviation field, holding Airship Pilot's Certificate #7, Balloon Pilot's Certificate #48 and Pilot's License #10290.
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Ralph Royce
Ralph Royce (28 June 1890 – 7 August 1965) was a United States Army Air Forces general during World War II.
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Raynold E. Acre
Raynold Edward Acre (1889–1966) was a member of the Early Birds of Aviation, a small group of pilots that flew before World War I.
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Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading (Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Reims
Reims (also spelled Rheims), a city in the Grand Est region of France, lies east-northeast of Paris.
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Richard Bronaugh Barnitz
Richard Bronaugh Barnitz (November 25, 1891 – December 22, 1960) was a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army and the manager of the Los Angeles Airport from about 1930 until 1940.
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Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
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Riverside Township, New Jersey
Riverside Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.
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RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early hours of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City.
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Robert Esnault-Pelterie
Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (November 8, 1881 – December 6, 1957) was a pioneering French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist.
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Robert G. Fowler
Robert George Fowler (August 10, 1884 – June 15, 1966) was an early aviation pioneer and was the first person to make a west-to-east transcontinental flight in stages.
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Robert McG. Thomas Jr.
Robert McGill Thomas Jr. (May 9, 1939 – January 7, 2000) was an American journalist who worked for many years at The New York Times, and who was notable for the obituaries he wrote for that newspaper.
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Rodman Wanamaker
Lewis Rodman Wanamaker (February 13, 1863 – March 9, 1928) was a department store magnate.
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Roland Rohlfs
Roland Rohlfs (1892 - 1974) was an American aviator.
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Roy C. Kirtland
Roy Carrington Kirtland (14 May 1874 - 2 May 1941) was a United States Army soldier, officer and aviator.
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Ruth Law Oliver
Ruth Law Oliver (May 21, 1887 - December 1, 1970) was a pioneer American aviatrix during the 1910s.
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Salamanca (city), New York
Salamanca is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States, inside the Allegany Indian Reservation, one of two governed by the Seneca Nation of New York.
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San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino is a city located in the Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan area (sometimes called the "Inland Empire").
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San Diego
San Diego (Spanish for 'Saint Didacus') is a major city in California, United States.
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San Francisco
San Francisco (initials SF;, Spanish for 'Saint Francis'), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the cultural, commercial, and financial center of Northern California.
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San Luis Obispo, California
San Luis Obispo (Spanish for St. Louis, the Bishop), or SLO for short, is a city in the U.S. state of California, located roughly midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco on the Central Coast.
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Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California.
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Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica is a beachfront city in western Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Sea Girt, New Jersey
Sea Girt is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States.
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Seattle
Seattle is a seaport city on the west coast of the United States.
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Skaneateles (town), New York
Skaneateles is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States.
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Smithsonian Institution
The Smithsonian Institution, established on August 10, 1846 "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge," is a group of museums and research centers administered by the Government of the United States.
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Somerset, Ohio
Somerset is a village in Perry County, Ohio, United States.
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Spencer, Iowa
Spencer is a city in the state of Iowa (United States), and the county seat of Clay County.
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Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the capital of the U.S. state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County.
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St. Joseph, Michigan
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St. Louis
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Stanley Hiller
Stanley Hiller Jr. (November 15, 1924 – April 20, 2006), was a pioneering developer of the helicopter.
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Staten Island
Staten Island is the southernmost and westernmost of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York.
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Steadham Acker
Steadham N. Acker (March 31, 1896 - October 22, 1952) was an American pioneer aviator before World War I and a United States Naval Aviator during World War I.
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Stedman Shumway Hanks
Stedman Shumway Hanks (July 17, 1889 – May 23, 1979) was one of the early aviators in the United States.
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Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in and the county seat of Onondaga County, New York, in the United States.
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T. Coleman du Pont
Thomas Coleman du Pont (December 11, 1863 – November 11, 1930) was an American engineer and politician, from Greenville, Delaware.
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Tabb, Virginia
Tabb is an unincorporated community in York County, Virginia, United States, on the Virginia Peninsula.
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Talladega, Alabama
Talladega is a city in Talladega County, Alabama, United States.
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Tampa Bay Times
The Tampa Bay Times, previously named the St.
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Temple, Texas
Temple is a city in Bell County, Texas, United States.
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Texas Aero Corporation
The Texas Aero Corporation of Temple, Texas was formed about 1927 to construct passenger and mail light aircraft.
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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)
The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Theodore G. Ellyson
Theodore Gordon Ellyson, USN (27 February 1885 – 27 February 1928), nicknamed "Spuds", was the first United States Navy officer designated as an aviator ("Naval Aviator No. 1").
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Thomas D. Milling
Thomas DeWitt Milling (July 31, 1887 – November 26, 1960) was a pioneer of military aviation and a brigadier general in the U.S. Army Air Corps.
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Thomas F. Hamilton
Thomas Foster Hamilton (July 28, 1894 – August 12, 1969) was a pioneering aviator and the founder of the Hamilton Standard Company.
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Thomas Sopwith
Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was an English aviation pioneer, business executive and yachtsman.
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Tiny Broadwick
Ready to drop Georgia Ann Thompson Broadwick (April 8, 1893 in Oxford, North Carolina – 1978 in California), or Georgia Broadwick, was an American pioneering parachutist.
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Topanga, California
Topanga is a census-designated place (CDP) in western Los Angeles County, California, United States.
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Toronto
Toronto is the capital city of the province of Ontario and the largest city in Canada by population, with 2,731,571 residents in 2016.
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Traffic collision
A traffic collision, also called a motor vehicle collision (MVC) among other terms, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.
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Transatlantic flight
A transatlantic flight is the flight of an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean from Europe, Africa or the Middle East to North America, Central America, or South America, or vice versa.
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UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica, is a hospital located within the city of Santa Monica, California.
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United Press International
United Press International (UPI) is an international news agency whose newswires, photo, news film, and audio services provided news material to thousands of newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations for most of the 20th century.
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United States Military Academy
The United States Military Academy (USMA), also known as West Point, Army, Army West Point, The Academy or simply The Point, is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located in West Point, New York, in Orange County.
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University of Dayton
The University of Dayton (UD) is an American private Roman Catholic national research university in Ohio's sixth-largest city, Dayton.
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University of Paris
The University of Paris (Université de Paris), metonymically known as the Sorbonne (one of its buildings), was a university in Paris, France, from around 1150 to 1793, and from 1806 to 1970.
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Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day, also called Saint Valentine's Day or the Feast of Saint Valentine, is celebrated annually on February 14.
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Vearne C. Babcock
Vearne Clifton Babcock (28 April 1887 - 15 February 1972) was an American aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer in the first half of the twentieth century.
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Vernon Burge
Vernon Lee Burge (November 29, 1888 – September 6, 1971) was an aviation pioneer.
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Vincent Astor
William Vincent Astor (November 15, 1891 – February 3, 1959) was a businessman, philanthropist, and member of the prominent Astor family.
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Vincent Burnelli
Vincent Justus Burnelli (November 22, 1895 – June 22, 1964) was an American aeronautics engineer, instrumental in furthering the lifting body and flying wing concept.
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Walter Brookins
Walter Richard Brookins (July 11, 1889 – April 29, 1953) was the first pilot trained by the Wright brothers for their exhibition team.
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Walter E. Lees
Walter Edwin Lees (July 16, 1887 – May 16, 1957) was an early American aviator who set a flight endurance record in 1931.
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Walter J. Carr
Walter J. Carr (1896 – 1970) was an American pilot and aircraft promoter.
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Walter Reed Army Medical Center
The Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) — known as Walter Reed General Hospital (WRGH) until 1951 — was the U.S. Army's flagship medical center from 1909 to 2011.
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Warren S. Eaton
Warren Samuel Eaton (June 12, 1891 – June 22, 1966) was a pioneer aviator.
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Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.
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West Los Angeles
West Los Angeles is a residential and commercial neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California.
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Wilbur Ravel Kimball
Wilbur Ravel Kimball (January 28, 1863 – July 30, 1940) was an early aviator and pioneer of helicopter design.
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William Edmund Scripps
William Edmund Scripps (May 6, 1882 – 1952) was a pioneer aviator and the publisher of The Detroit News.
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William Greene (aviator)
William Greene (May 2, 1874 – August 28, 1952) was an early aviation pioneer who was one of the first American pilots and airplane constructor.
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William Harper Jr.
William Harper Jr. was a pioneer aviator and aviation engineer with the Wright brothers.
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William S. Brock
William S. Brock, Sr. (1895 – November 13, 1932) was an aviation pioneer.
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William Thaw II
Lieutenant Colonel William Thaw II was a World War I flying ace credited with five confirmed and two unconfirmed aerial victories.
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William Whitney Christmas
William Whitney Christmas, M.D. (September 1, 1865 – April 14, 1960) was a physician, pioneer aviator, and supposed con man.
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania
Williamsport, officially The City of Williamsport, is a city in and the county seat of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Willis Bradley Haviland
Commander Willis Bradley Haviland, (10 March 1890 – 28 November 1944) was a pioneer military pilot in World War I and a Naval Air Station Commanding Officer in World War II.
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Wittemann brothers
Paul W. Wittemann and Adolph (Walter) Wittemann and Charles Rudolph Wittemann (September 15, 1884 – July 8, 1967) were early aviation pioneers.
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World War I
World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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Wright brothers
The Wright brothers, Orville (August 19, 1871 – January 30, 1948) and Wilbur (April 16, 1867 – May 30, 1912), were two American aviators, engineers, inventors, and aviation pioneers who are generally credited with inventing, building, and flying the world's first successful airplane.
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Wright Model B
The Wright Model B was an early pusher biplane designed by the Wright brothers in the United States in 1910.
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Yakima, Washington
Yakima is a U.S. city, the county seat of Yakima County, Washington and the state's eleventh largest city by population.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Youngstown is a city in and the county seat of Mahoning County in the U.S. state of Ohio, with small portions extending into Trumbull County.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Birds_of_Aviation
