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  • 41Peter Lynn — (1946–) is a New Zealand kitemaker, engineer and inventor. He is notable for his construction of the world s largest kites (Guinness book of records holders), giant inflatable (sparless) display kites (the most widely known is the . He spends… …

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  • 42HARGRAVE, Lawrence (1850-1915) — pioneer in aviation was born in England on 29 January 1850. He was the second son of John Fletcher Hargrave (1815 1885), an English barrister, who came to Australia in 1857, and his wife Ann Hargrave. The elder Hargrave was appointed a district… …

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  • 431890s — Millennium: 2nd millennium Centuries: 18th century – 19th century – 20th century Decades: 1860s 1870s 1880s – 1890s – 1900s 1910s 1920s …

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  • 44aviation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Science of flight Nouns 1. (science of flight) aviation, flight, flying; navigation, aerial navigation; aeronautics, aerodynamics, aerodonetics, aerostatics, avionics, rocketry; aerial navigation,… …

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  • 45Samuel Franklin Cody — in 1906 Born 6 March 1867 (1867 03 06) Davenport, Iowa, USA …

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  • 46Timeline of aviation - 19th century — 1800s*1803 **July 18, Etienne Gaspar Robertson and Lhoest climb from Hamburg (Germany) up to 7,280 m in a balloon. **October 3 4, Frenchman André Jaques Garnerin covered a distance of 395 km from Paris to Clausen with his Montgolfière. **Count… …

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  • 47The Boats of the "Glen Carrig" — Infobox Book | name = The Boats of Glen Carrig title orig = translator = image caption = dust jacket of The Boats of Glen Carrig author = William Hope Hodgson illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre …

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  • 48Bristol Boxkite — Infobox Aircraft name=Bristol Boxkite caption=1963 Replica of the Bristol Boxkite, now hanging in the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery type=two seat trainer manufacturer=British and Colonial Aeroplane Company designer= first flight=29 July… …

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  • 49Grahame-White Type XV — NOTOC Infobox Aircraft name=Type XV, Box kite caption= type=Military trainer national origin=United Kingdom manufacturer=Grahame White Aviation Company designer= first flight=avyear|1913 introduced= retired= status= primary user=Royal Naval Air… …

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  • 50somehow or other — (from Idioms in Speech) by some means; in some way that is not mentioned or explained ... and somehow or other we re going to swim. (J. Galsworthy) Somehow or other he had heard of a box kite... and the idea appealed to him at once. (W. S.… …

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