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Born June 26, 1898 • Frankfurt am Main • Germany
Died September 17, 1978 (aged 80) • Munich • Germany
Subjects Of Study aerospace engineering

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Messerschmitt, 1941
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A photograph of Igor Sikorsky holding a model aircraft.
Igor Sikorsky
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Andrey N. Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer, 1968.
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John Knudsen Northrop, American aeronautical designer, 1949.
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British military engineer
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French industrialist
Donald Douglas, 1970
Donald Douglas
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British aircraft designer
Bell, Lawrence
Lawrence Dale Bell
American aircraft designer
Focke-Wulf Fw 190, German fighter plane of World War II.
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Dornier, Claudius
Claudius Dornier
German engineer
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Alexander M. Lippisch
German-American aerodynamicist
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Orville Wright
American aviator
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Wilbur Wright
American aviator
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French aircraft manufacturer
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Sergey Vladimirovich Ilyushin
Soviet aircraft designer
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Louis-Charles Bréguet
French aircraft builder
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Aleksandr Sergeyevich Yakovlev
Soviet aircraft designer
Maurice Farman, 1909
Maurice Farman
French aircraft designer and manufacturer