Aerial Experiment Association: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	AEA
Date	September 30, 1907 - March 31, 1909
Areas Of Involvement	airplane • aerospace engineering • aviation • biplane
Related People	Alexander Graham Bell • Glenn Hammond Curtiss

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AEA June BugAmerican aviation pioneer Glenn Hammond Curtiss flying the AEA June Bug at Hammondsport, N.Y., on July 4, 1908, a feat that won the Scientific American Trophy for the first public flight of at least 1 km (0.6 mile) with an American airplane.

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