Occupation Patent engineer Name Nicholas Abberly | Known for Pioneer aviator Home town Cedar Rapids | |
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Born March 25, 1891 ( 1891-03-25 ) Died April 1, 1983, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States Similar Mary Lincoln Beckwith, Clyde Cessna, Jerome Clarke Hunsaker | ||
Nicholas Rippen Abberly (March 25, 1891 – April 1983) was an American pioneer aviator and member of the Early Birds of Aviation.
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Biography
He was born on March 25, 1891.
He built and flew a pusher configuration aircraft from Mineola, New York on Long Island in September 1910. He soloed the aircraft in October 1910.
An inventor by trade, Abberly filed several patents in a wide body of disciplines, including a bottom for floating equipment, rebound equipment for fitness machines, office clipboards, and hot formed metal columns.
He died in April 1983 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
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