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Born 1847 • France
Died 1905 (aged 58) • France
Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
Louis Blériot
French aviator
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French aircraft manufacturer
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
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Orville Wright
American aviator
Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
American engineer
Alberto Santos-Dumont, 1931.
Alberto Santos-Dumont
Brazilian aviator
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
Charles Green, detail of an engraving by Hilaire Le Dru, 1835
Charles Green
British balloonist
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Joseph-Michel Montgolfier
French aviator
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Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier
French aviator
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Blanchard, Jean-Pierre-François
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
French balloonist
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Louis-Charles Bréguet
French aircraft builder
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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
French engineer
R.E.P. No. 2
Robert Esnault-Pelterie
French aviation pioneer
Maurice Farman, 1909
Maurice Farman
French aircraft designer and manufacturer
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán
American engineer
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
American engineer
Wally Funk, wearing a red blazer, speaks with hands clasped at the 2022 Michael Collins Trophy presentation at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Wally Funk
American aviator

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