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Eugene Burton Ely

American aviation pioneer.

Born October 21st, 1886 in Williamsburg.

Died October 19th, 1911 at 24 years old in Macon.

Occupations
aircraft pilot
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde