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2012
The First American Aviator
Posted by HW on 24 Jun 2012 /
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Published on June 24, 2012 “With the steady fortitude of an old voyager,” 13 year old Edward Warren acknowledged the crowd below with a “significant wave of his hat.” Attached to a tether, Warren flew upward on the first “American Aerostatick Balloon” before a “a numerous and respectable Congress of People.” After the flight, Warren [...]
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