Lyman Gilmore was an American aviation pioneer in Grass Valley, California, who claimed to have flown a steam-powered aircraft on May 15, 1902, though the records and papers documenting the claim were destroyed in a fire. His clearly verifiable achievement was opening the first commercial airfield in the United States, Gilmore Airfield, in 1907. A Smithsonian review in 2012 found no evidence that a Gilmore aircraft had ever flown, and the weight of his surviving machine makes sustained flight seem unlikely.
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Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. (June 11, 1874, February 18, 1951) was an American aviation pioneer.
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Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. (June 11, 1874, February 18, 1951) was an American aviation pioneer.
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Lyman Wiswell Gilmore Jr. (June 11, 1874, February 18, 1951) was an American aviation pioneer.
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