Mozhaiski, Alexander Fyodorovich

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Mozhaiski, Alexander Fyodorovich

Name: Mozhaiski, Alexander Fyodorovich (Можайский, Александр Фёдорович) Years: 1825-1890 Rank: Rear Admiral Nationality: Russian Remarks: Russian naval officer and early aviation pioneer in Russia, claimed by the Russians to have been the first to fly a heavier than air manned aircraft, some 20 years before the Wright brothers.

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• March 21, 1825 Russian aviation pioneer Alexander Fyodorovich Mozhaiski is born^[1].

[edit] Sources

• Wikipedia entry for Alexander Mozhaiskii
• Russian Wikipedia entry for Можайский, Александр Фёдорович

• Russian sailor A. F. Mozhaiski, inventor of the world's first airplane  at Official website of the Russian Navy detailed biographical information about Mozhaiski and his experimentation in aviation

[edit] References

1. ↑ wikipedia:Alexander Mozhaysky