The American-born Samuel Franklin Cody was the first person to complete the first

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The American-born Samuel Franklin Cody was the first person to complete the first

The American-born Samuel Franklin Cody was the first person to complete the first officially recognised flight in Great Britain on 16 October 1908 at Farnborough in Hampshire. This picture was taken a year later 1909 on the day he flew at Doncaster racecourse at an air display which had attracted 100, 000 he crashed, but was unharmed. His luck ran out on 7 August 1913 when he was killed in an accident on Laffans Plain, Farnborough
Samuel F Cody in flight
Aviation pilot
pioneer
aeroplane
plane
aircraft
1909

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England
WA*3603200

Media ID 21247753

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1900s 1909 Aviator Flying Innovator Pilot

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