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Edson Gallaudet set up an aviation company, starting in 1908 in Norwich, Connecticut, building his first airplane in 1909.<ref> Donald M. Patillo, Pushing the Envelope--The American Aircraft Industry, 1998, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, page 19.</ref> He then established the Gallaudet Engineering Company in 1910, which was later incorporated as the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in 1917. |
Edson Gallaudet set up an aviation company, starting in 1908 in Norwich, Connecticut, building his first airplane in 1909.<ref> Donald M. Patillo, Pushing the Envelope--The American Aircraft Industry, 1998, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, page 19.</ref> He then established the Gallaudet Engineering Company in 1910, which was later incorporated as the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in 1917. |
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Gallaudet sold a "flying wing" to the US Navy before United States entered World War I.<ref>Peter Bacqué, "Pioneering aircraft displayed in D.C. - Northrop Flying Wing was the first such plane built in United States," Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), November 22, 2007</ref> |
Gallaudet sold a "flying wing" to the US Navy before United States entered World War I.<ref>Peter Bacqué, "[http://saveourdeafschools.org/flying_wing.pdf Pioneering aircraft displayed in D.C. - Northrop Flying Wing was the first such plane built in United States]," Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), November 22, 2007</ref> |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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Revision as of 23:40, 7 September 2008
Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (April 21 1871– July 11945) was a pioneer in the field of aviation, being the first person to experiment with warped wings in 1896.[1] He then worked with Orville and Wilbur Wright, and later obtained US pilot's license #2.[2]
Edson Gallaudet set up an aviation company, starting in 1908 in Norwich, Connecticut, building his first airplane in 1909.[3] He then established the Gallaudet Engineering Company in 1910, which was later incorporated as the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in 1917.
Gallaudet sold a "flying wing" to the US Navy before United States entered World War I.[4]
External links
- [1] at www.flyingmachines.org
- http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0001.shtml
- Edson F. Gallaudet at www.earlyaviators.com
- The First U.S. Aircraft Manufacturing Companies at www.centennialofflight.gov
References
- ^ Notable Gallaudets in American History at www.gallaudet.com
- ^ Edson F. Gallaudet at www.earlyaviators.com
- ^ Donald M. Patillo, Pushing the Envelope--The American Aircraft Industry, 1998, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, page 19.
- ^ Peter Bacqué, "Pioneering aircraft displayed in D.C. - Northrop Flying Wing was the first such plane built in United States," Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virginia), November 22, 2007
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