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Henri Farman: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1874 • Paris • France
Died July 18, 1958 (aged 84) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members brother Maurice Farman

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Maurice Farman, 1909
Maurice Farman
French aircraft designer and manufacturer
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French aviator
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Orville Wright
American aviator
A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
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Louis-Charles Bréguet
French aircraft builder
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Robert Esnault-Pelterie
French aviation pioneer
Glenn Hammond Curtiss.
Glenn Hammond Curtiss
American engineer
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Sir Alliott Verdon Roe
British aircraft designer
Eckener, 1931
Hugo Eckener
German aeronautical engineer
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British aircraft designer
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Pierre Latécoère
French aircraft manufacturer
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French military engineer
Charles Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
American aviator
Howard Hughes, wearing a flight suit and goggles, sits in the cockpit of an airplane, looking toward the camera.
Howard Hughes
American manufacturer, aviator, and film producer
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Amelia Earhart
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Tsiolkovsky, Konstantin Eduardovich
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American aviator
John A. Roebling
John Augustus Roebling
German-born American engineer
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