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Unread 10-14-2006, 08:42 PM   #1
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Default Maxim - Flying Pioneer...

Looks like Hiram Maxim's invention of flying planes date to 1894...a few years before the Wright brothers...after a "free flight" of his invention in July 31, 1984, he lost interest and continued with weapons designs.

http://www.ctie.monash.edu.au/hargrave/maxim.html
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