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Frederick Walker Baldwin

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and began building and testing various types before turning to the construction of an aircraft that could take off from water that the two called a "hydrodrome." While the project was temporarily shelved, in 1919 Baldwin built the
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as Director of Graham Bell Laboratories. Bell's last words in 1922 were "Stand by Casey," an encouragement to his family to continue Baldwin's work. A local celebrity, in 1933 Baldwin was elected to the
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Following the death of Alexander Graham Bell (August 2, 1922), Casey Baldwin continued boat building and experimenting in hydrofoils in
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and the famous inventor Alexander Graham Bell. On October 1, 1907, with the encouragement and generous financial support of Bell's wife
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Professor Alexander Graham Bell's New Machine, Built After Plans by Lieutenant Selfridge, Shown to Be Practicable by Flight Over
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is granted annually by the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute to the authors of the best paper published in the
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Aerial Experiment Association. Casey (second from right), Bell (centre), McCurdy, Curtis, and Selfridge
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claimed to have first flown his aircraft on various dates from September 1907 to March 1908 near
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In the summer of 1908, Casey Baldwin and Alexander Graham Bell began discussing powered
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in 1948. Following its creation, in 1974 he was inducted posthumously into
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plus several other experimental aircraft. On March 12, 1908 at
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Baldwin used his engineering skills to help build the
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Index

Frederick W. Baldwin
Frederick W. Baldwin (Vermont politician)

Robert Baldwin
hydrofoil
aviation
Alexander Graham Bell
Cape Breton Highlands National Park
Toronto, Ontario
Ridley College
University of Toronto
electrical
mechanical engineering
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
Douglas McCurdy
Mabel Hubbard Bell
Glenn Curtiss
Thomas Selfridge
Aerial Experiment Association

Silver Dart
Lake Keuka
William Whitney Christmas
Fairfax, Virginia
Wright brothers
White Wing
Red Wing
Hammondsport, New York
watercraft
HD-4

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