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Aeroplane No. 1

On 2nd August 1909, the first example of the Wright Military Flyer was delivered to the US Army Signal Corps. Officially designated Signal Corps No. 1, and commonly known as Aeroplane No. 1, the Wrights’ […]

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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry – an aviator that needs no introduction. Who has not heard about ´The Little Prince´ and the author of this book? However, that book was just one among […]

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The Adamowicz brothers

Józef and Bolesław Adamowicz, businessmen and amateur aviators of Polish nationality, were born in 1893 and 1896, respectively, in Vilnius region (then being a part of the Russian Empire). Before the outbreak of World War […]

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Louis Blériot

On 1st July 1872, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, the famous French aviation pioneer, was born in Cambrai, France. From his early years, Blériot was interested in engineering, being especially excellent in technical drawings. In 1892, […]

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Jacob Ellehammer

Jacob Christian Hansen-Ellehammer was born in 1871, in Bakkebølle, Denmark. He trained as a watchmaker, then served with the Royal Danish Navy and later moved to Copenhagen, where he worked as a mechanic. In 1898, […]

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Valentina Tereshkova

On 16th June 1963, Vostok 6 spacecraft was launched from Baikonur cosmodrome, with just one cosmonaut on board – Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (Валентина Владимировна Терешкова) was […]

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Raymonde de Laroche

Raymonde de Laroche, born Élisa Léontine Deroche, was the French aviation pioneer and the first woman ever to pilot a heavier-than-air, powered aircraft, the first female pilot to perform a solo flight, as well as […]