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Clément Ader.
Clément Ader
French inventor
Louis Blériot standing before his Type XI monoplane, which he flew across the English Channel on July 25, 1909.
Louis Blériot
French aviator
Giuseppe Mario Bellanca
American aeronautical designer
Junkers, Hugo
Hugo Junkers
German aircraft designer
Clyde Vernon Cessna
American aviator and manufacturer

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