<Tr> <Td> Celebi, LLagari Hasan Çelebi </Td> <Td> 1609 - 1640 17th century </Td> <Td> Turkey </Td> <Td> Design Construction Aviator </Td> <Td> Rocket </Td> <Td> 1630 Reported to have achieved flight (20 seconds to an elevation of roughly 300 meters) using a winged rocket powered by gunpowder (c. 1630's). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Coandă, Henri Henri Coandă </Td> <Td> 1886 - 06 - 07 7 Jun 1886 25 Nov 1972 </Td> <Td> Romania (France) (Great Britain) (Romania) </Td> <Td> Science Design Construction </Td> <Td> Glider Propeller Jet </Td> <Td> 1910 - 12 - 16 Designed Coandă - 1910 with a propeller-less aero - reactive engine, exhibited Paris Air Show (Oct 1910), followed by a claimed but generally discounted first flight (16 Dec 1910); before WWI designed the Bristol - Coanda Monoplanes in Great Britain; discovered Coandă effect (1930). </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Cody, Samuel Franklin Samuel Franklin Cody † </Td> <Td> 1867 - 03 - 06 6 Mar 1867 7 Aug 1913 </Td> <Td> United States (United States) (Great Britain) </Td> <Td> Design Construction Aviator </Td> <Td> Glider Propeller </Td> <Td> 1908 - 10 - 16 Developed and flew human - lifting kites; kite instructor for the Royal Engineers (1904); contributed to the development of the British Army Dirigible No 1 Nulli Secundus (1907); first flight of a piloted airplane in Great Britain (16 Oct 1908, 1,390 ft); issued Royal Aero Club certificate No. 10 (14 Jun 1910); (†) Cody Floatplane, with passenger William Evans, Aldershot, England . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Comte, Alfred Alfred Comte </Td> <Td> 1895 - 06 - 04 4 Jun 1895 1 Nov 1965 </Td> <Td> Switzerland </Td> <Td> Design Manufacture </Td> <Td> Propeller </Td> <Td> 1913 Swiss pilot's license (1908); partner and chief pilot Ad Astra Aero (1920); designed and built aircraft (1923--35); established an aviation school (1946--50). </Td> </Tr>

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