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Facts

Born January 31, 1785 • London • England
Died March 26, 1870 (aged 85) • London • England

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Charles Green, detail of an engraving by Hilaire Le Dru, 1835
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Orville Wright
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
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Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
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Auguste Piccard, 1961
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Swiss-Belgian physicist
Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
American engineer
Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
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French aviator
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-François
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Eckener, 1931
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Henri Farman
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Charles Renard
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Sir Francis Chichester
Sir Francis Chichester
British adventurer
Alex McEvoy: portrait of Sir John William Alcock
Sir John William Alcock
British aviator
Sir Alan J. Cobham
Sir Alan J. Cobham
British aviator
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
American engineer

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