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Mar 21, 2024 · Otto Lilienthal (born May 23, 1848, Anklam, Prussia [now in Germany]—died Aug. 10, 1896, Berlin) was a German aviation pioneer. Lilienthal was the most significant aeronautical pioneer in the years between the advancements of the Englishman George Cayley and the American Wright brothers .
Apr 9, 2024 · This article tells the story of the invention of the airplane and the development of civil aviation from piston-engine airplanes to jets. For a history of military aviation, see military aircraft; for lighter-than-air flight, see airship.
Regina Cleary (m. 1910) Signature. John Joseph Montgomery (February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an American inventor, physicist, engineer, and professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, who is best known for his invention of controlled heavier-than-air flying machines.
Starting from Sheepshead Bay, New York, on September 17, 1911, Rogers flew his Wright biplane flyer, the Vin Fiz, to California, landing in Pasadena, on November 5, and becoming the first person to fly across the United States, while setting the first major American aviation endurance and distance record.
Glenn Luther Martin (January 17, 1886 – December 5, 1955) was an early American aviation pioneer. He designed and built his own aircraft and was an active pilot, as well as an aviation record-holder. He founded an aircraft company in 1912 which through several mergers amalgamated into what is today known as Lockheed Martin.
Mar 18, 2024 · Aerospace Pioneers. 100 Years of Aerial Crop Dusting. Amelia Earhart. An American-Born Ace. A Trailblazer in Her Own Wright. Aviation Activity at Richards Field, Kansas City, MO, 1933. Black Aviation Pioneers. Blanche Stuart Scott: The First Female American Aviator. Breaking Barriers: WASPs of Color.
His motorcycle engines impressed acrobat-turned-aviation pioneer Thomas S. Baldwin, who used a Curtiss motor to power the airship that he built for the U.S. Army. In 1907, telephone inventor Alexander Graham Bell recruited Curtiss to help his Aerial Experiment Association (AEA) build a powered airplane.
