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Horatio Frederick Phillips

British aviation engineer (1845-1926) · Scientists · Died at 81

Horatio Frederick Phillips was an English aviation pioneer, born in Streatham, Surrey. He was famous for building multiplane flying machines with many more sets of lifting surfaces than are normal on modern aircraft. However he made a more lasting contribution to aeronautics in his work on aerofoil design.

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