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Lyman Gilmore

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American aviation pioneer (1874-1951)

United StatesScientistsLived 1874 to 1951 · aged 76
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Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. was an American aviation pioneer. In Grass Valley, California, he built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902. Due to the requirement of a heavy boiler and the dependency on coal as a power source, the flights would have been unsustainable.

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Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. was an American aviation pioneer. In Grass Valley, California, he built a steam-powered airplane and claimed that he flew it on May 15, 1902. Due to the requirement of a heavy boiler and the dependency on coal as a power source, the flights would have been unsustainable. Records and evidence relating to his claim were lost in a 1935 hangar fire.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1874 to 1951 · aged 76
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