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Henri GiffardHenri Giffard was the inventor of the injector and the steam-powered airship. He was born in France in 1825. On 24 September 1852 he made the first powered and controlled flight - in a dirigible, travelling 27km from Paris to Trappes. He committed suicide in 1882, leaving his estate to the nation for humanitarian and scientific purposes. The contents of this article are licensed from Wikipedia.org under the GNU Free Documentation License.
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