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Lyman Gilmore
1874-06-11 – 1951-02-18
Life & Legacy
Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. (June 11, 1874 – February 18, 1951) was an American aviation pioneer. In Grass Valley, California, he built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902. Due to the requirement of a heavy boiler and the dependency on coal as a power source, the flights would have been unsustainable. Records and evidence relating to his claim were lost in a 1935 hangar fire.
Occupation & Career
inventor
Sources & Provenance
- Wikidata population candidate Q3736710 — wikidata View source
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