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Einar Lilloe Gran (16 November 1886 – 1966) was a Norwegian engineer and pioneer of aviation in Norway.
Einar Lilloe Gran was a son of Carl Ludvig Oscar Nielsen Gran (1855–1897) and his wife Emma Sofie Christine née Halvorsen (born 1857 in Sandaker).
He designed and built the first Norwegian motorised aeroplane in 1910. It had a wingspan of 10 meters and cost 12,000 kr to build. There were made several attempts to make the aircraft airborne, but without any significant success.
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