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FLYING MACHINES - Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr. |
 | | Lyman Wiswell Gilmore, Jr., was born on June 11, 1874, at Beaver Creek, Thurston County, in the State of Washington. |
 | | Gilmore's first attempt at flight apparently occurred at Red Bluff, California, during July of 1894, when he reportedly built a glider (whether biplane or monoplane is not known) with a wing span of 18 feet and went aloft under tow by a horse. |
 | | Gilmore kept both the smaller monoplane and the large "1898"-type monoplane in a barn at his modest ranch, "The Lyman Gilmore Aerodrome," in Red Bluff, California. |
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