Samuel Franklin Cody
American aviator
Died when: 46 years 154 days (557 months)Star Sign: Pisces
Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody; 6 March 1867 – 7 August 1913, born Davenport, Iowa, USA) was a Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight.
He is most famous for his work on the large kites known as Cody War-Kites, that were used by the British before World War I as a smaller alternative to balloons for artillery spotting.
He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane built in Britain, on 16 October 1908.A flamboyant showman, he was often confused with Buffalo Bill Cody, whose surname he took when young.
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