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  2. Paul Mantz - Wikipedia

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    Mantz (the name he used throughout his life) was born in Alameda, California, [1] the son of a school principal, and was raised in nearby Redwood City, California.He developed his interest in flying at an early age; as a young boy, his first flight on fabricated canvas wings was aborted when his mother stopped him as he tried to launch off the branch of a tree in his yard.

  3. Benjamin Foulois - Wikipedia

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    On July 30, 1909, Foulois' first flight in an aeroplane was the evaluation test flight from Fort Myer to Alexandria, Virginia. Pilot Orville Wright and navigator Foulois broke previous speed, altitude, and cross-country duration records, flying at 42.5 mph, 400 feet, and for 10 miles (16 km).

  4. Claims to the first airplane flight - Wikipedia

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    Then on 12 November a flight of 22.2 seconds carried the 14-bis some 220 m (720 ft), earning the Aéro-Club prize of 1,500 francs for the first flight of more than 100 m. [39] This flight was also observed by the newly formed Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) and became the first record in their log book.

  5. C. Alfred "Chief" Anderson - Wikipedia

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    Anderson was tasked to develop a pilot training program, taught the Program's first advanced course, and earned his nickname; his students gave him the nickname "Chief" and it stuck for the remainder of his life. On April 11, 1941 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was touring the institute's children's hospital. Unaware of the flight program, she ...

  6. Wright brothers - Wikipedia

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    Because December 13, 1903, was a Sunday, the brothers did not make any attempts that day, even though the weather was good, so their first powered test flight happened on the 121st anniversary of the first hot air balloon test flight that the Montgolfier brothers had made on December 14, 1782. In a message to their family, Wilbur referred to ...

  7. Pilot makes sweet announcement to his flight attendant ... - AOL

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    A United Airlines pilot made a sweet announcement to his flight attendant mother as they took their first flight together.. The pilot, Cole Doss, shared a now-viral video to Instagram earlier this ...

  8. Travis Barker Takes First Flight Since Surviving Deadly 2008 ...

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    Travis Barker has taken his first flight in over a decade. The musician headed to Cabo with girlfriend Kourtney Kardashian, marking his first time flying since he survived a 2008 plane crash.

  9. Cecil Arthur Lewis - Wikipedia

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    In it, Lewis describes how on his first flight he had the most unusual experience of seeing 9-inch howitzer shells turning over in flight at 8,000 feet before descending to the target. He also described his most frightening experience of the war: a reconnaissance flight at 1,000 feet during the initial bombardment before the battle of the Somme.