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3 W. STARLING BURGESS…EARLY WRIGHT PILOT-ENGINEER- MANUFACTURER…born… December 25, 1876 in Boston, Mass… BURGESS, GREELY S. CURTIS AND A.W. HERRING BUILT AN AEROPLANE AT THE BURGESS BOAT YARD AT LITTLE HARBOR, IN MARBLEHEAD, DURING THE WINTER MONTHS OF 1908-1910… 5 AVIATION PIONEER'S STORY TO BE TOLD…picture of Burgess Biplane in Marblehead Harbor…date 1917…Picture of old Burgess Airplane at Burgess plant that burned on the night of the false armistice, 1918… 7 PICTURE AND PARTIAL WRITE-UP OF 'MODEL H AFTER FIRST MODIFICATION BY GROVER LOENING WITH AILERONS INSTALLED… (Photo - Smithsonian A-41,062)…. 9 SEEMS TO BE THE LAST PAGE OF A STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN BY BARTLETT GOULD…He is a member, besides A.A.H.S., of the Connecticut Historical Association, the Canadian Aviation Historical Society, and the Wing-foot L.T.A Society…
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