Edson Fessenden Gallaudet
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Edson Fessenden Gallaudet (April 21, 1871– July 1, 1945) was a pioneer in the field of aviation, being the first person to experiment with warped wings in 1896 [1]. He then worked with Orville and Wilbur Wright, and later obtained US pilot's license #2 [2].
Edson Gallaudet set up an aviation company, starting in 1908 in Norwich, Connecticut, building his first airplane in 1909 [1]. He then established the Gallaudet Engineering Company in 1910, which was later incorporated as the Gallaudet Aircraft Corporation in 1917.
Gallaudet sold a "flying wing" to the US Navy before United States entered World War I. [2]
[edit] External links
- http://www.flyingmachines.org/gallau.html
- http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0001.shtml
- http://www.earlyaviators.com/egallaud.htm
- http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Aerospace/earlyU.S/Aero1.htm
[edit] References
- ^ Donald M. Patillo, Pushing the Envelope--The American Aircraft Industry, 1998, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, page 19.
- ^ Peter Bacqué, "Pioneering aircraft displayed in D.C. - Northrop Flying Wing was the first such plane built in United States," Richmond Times-Dispatch (Virgina), November 22, 2007
