aircraft manufacturer Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/aircraft-manufacturer Honoring Rhode Island's Rich Aviation History Tue, 17 Oct 2017 20:38:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://riahof.org/wp-content/uploads/riahof-512x512-1-150x150.png aircraft manufacturer Archives » Rhode Island Aviation Hall of Fame https://riahof.org/keyword/aircraft-manufacturer 32 32 Edson Fessenden Gallaudet https://riahof.org/field-of-accomplishment/civilian-aviation/inventors-innovations/edson-fessenden-gallaudet Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:27:13 +0000 http://www.riahof.dreamhosters.com/?p=918 Edson Fessenden Gallaudet  (1871-1945), Aviation Pioneer/Aircraft Manufacturer In 1898, four years before the Wright Brothers, he constructed and flew a glider, now in the Smithsonian, which embodied the principle of the warping wing.  In 1911 he learned to fly at the Wright school, earning US pilot’s license #32 and a similarly low number in France.  […]

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