Gustav Hamel

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British aviator (1889-1914)

Lived 1889 to 1914 · aged 24

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Gustav Wilhelm Hamel was a pioneer British aviator. He was prominent in the early history of aviation in Britain, and in particular that of Hendon airfield, where Claude Graham-White was energetically developing and promoting flying.

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Before the attempted flight from Hendon to Southend

Sheet music cover, c.1911

A cutting from Scientific American 11 July 1914, "The eighty-mile-an-hour monoplane the late Gustav Hamel was to have used this summer in an attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean from North America to Europe."

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Lived 1889 to 1914 · aged 24

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