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Born July 27, 1882 • High Wycombe • England
Died May 21, 1965 (aged 82) • Watford • England

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Andrey N. Tupolev, Soviet aircraft designer, 1968.
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John Knudsen Northrop, American aeronautical designer, 1949.
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German engineer
Farman, Henri
Henri Farman
French pioneer aviator and airplane manufacturer
Donald Douglas, 1970
Donald Douglas
American aircraft designer
Junkers, Hugo
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German aircraft designer
Maurice Farman, 1909
Maurice Farman
French aviator and aircraft designer
Ernst Heinrich Heinkel
German aeronautical engineer
Glenn L. Martin
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American aircraft designer
Sir Barnes Wallis
British military engineer
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British aviator
Sir Frederick Handley Page
Sir Frederick Handley Page
British aircraft designer
Howard Hughes
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Jacqueline Cochran
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