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    Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody; 6 March 1867 – 7 August 1913, born Davenport, Iowa, USA) was a Wild West showman and early...
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    December 6, 1907 and carried a man 168 feet (51.2 m) above the sea. Samuel Franklin Cody was the most successful of the man-lifting kite pioneers. He patented...
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    The British Army Aeroplane No 1 or sometimes Cody 1 was a biplane built by Samuel Franklin Cody in 1907 at the Army Balloon Factory at Farnborough. It...
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    The Cody V was a single-engined biplane built by the British-based American aviation pioneer Samuel Franklin Cody in 1912. It was built from the remains...
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  • Colonel Cody may refer to: William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American soldier and showman Samuel Franklin Cody, Wild West showman and early pioneer...
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    winged development of this kite is known as the Cody kite following its development by Samuel Franklin Cody. Military uses also involved a kite/radio transmitter...
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    The Cody Michelin Cup Biplane was an experimental aircraft designed and built in Britain during 1910 by Samuel Franklin Cody, a prominent showman and aviation...
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    The Cody Floatplane (also referred to as the Cody Hydro-biplane) was designed and built by Samuel Franklin Cody as an entrant in the 1913 Daily Mail Circuit...
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    Archived 19 August 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Aquilandia.com, 2006 Samuel Franklin Cody and his man-lifting kite, www.design-technology.org, 2005 US 4708078...
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    England involving a biplane built by Colonel Samuel Franklin Cody on 14 January 1911. At Laffan's Plain, Cody took his two stepsons for a flight, with them...
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    The Cody Circuit of Britain biplane, also known as the Cody III, was the third powered aircraft built by Samuel Franklin Cody. It was flown by him in...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    into the air for observation purposes, using the kites developed by Samuel Franklin Cody. Barrage kites were used to protect shipping during the Second World...
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  • American general Robert Tree Cody (born 1951), American native musician Robin Cody (born 1943), American writer Samuel Franklin Cody (1867–1913), American showman...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    crewed largely by residents of Southampton. On 16 October 1908, Samuel Franklin Cody made the first powered flight of 400 yd (370 m) in the United Kingdom...
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    for photography in 1888, and wrote a book on his methods in 1890. Samuel Franklin Cody developed his advanced 'Man-lifter War Kite' and succeeded in interesting...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    up 16 feet (4.9 m). Later pioneers of manned kite flying included Samuel Franklin Cody in England and Captain Génie Saconney in France. William Frost from...
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  • American-born aviation pioneer Samuel Franklin Cody is killed with his passenger (English cricketer William Evans) when his Cody Floatplane breaks up in flight...
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    England biplane were entered, and the competition was won by Samuel Franklin Cody in his Cody V aircraft. The aerodrome was closed in 1914 and hutted garrisons...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    The Cody IV monoplane was a single-engined monoplane designed and built by the American-born but British-based aviation pioneer Samuel Franklin Cody in...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    reconnaissance took place in 1903 at Woolwich Common for the Admiralty. Samuel Franklin Cody demonstrated the capabilities of his 8-foot-long black kite and it...
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  • English glider pilot (died 1899 in aviation accident) 1867 6 March – Samuel Franklin Cody, American-born showman and aviator (died 1913 in aviation accident)...
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    Dec 15, 1912 Wilfred Parke May 27, 1913 Desmond Arthur Aug 7, 1913 Samuel Franklin Cody Sep 13, 1913 Aurel Vlaicu Sep 28, 1913 Bertram Dickson Dec 10, 1913...
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    Iowa, who shared Ely's love of fast driving; in Father Smyth's car (a red Franklin), Ely set the speed record between Iowa City and Davenport. Ely was living...
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    Russia. Many people from around the world came to visit him, including Samuel Pierpont Langley from the United States, Russian Nikolai Zhukovsky, Englishman...
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    winds, while kites can only be used in stronger winds. The American Samuel Franklin Cody, working in England, realised that the two types of craft between...
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