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Alexander Graham Bell

• Invented the telephone.
• He developed the tetrahedral cell with aerodynamic lift and tested a variety of kites formed with these cells. His “Frost King” kite lifted a man, clinging to its rope, off the ground in 1905. Once, he even tied his kite to a galloping horse and hauled it aloft.
• His “Cygnet” kite flew for seven minutes at a height of 168 feet with a man on board in 1907.
• Formed the Aerial Experiment Association in 1907 with Lt. Thomas Selfridge, Glenn H. Curtiss, J. A. D. McCurdy, and F. W. Baldwin.
• His Aerial Experiment Association’s June Bug won the scientific American Trophy in 1908 for the first flight in America of more than one kilometer.
• Built the White Wing, the first airplane in America to have hinged ailerons and a tricycle landing gear.