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Flying Dutchman. Legendary ghost ship of Cape of Good Hope.
Cayley, George. 1773-1857. Flying machine 1796. First manned glider flight 1853.
Goering, Hermann. 1893-1946. German WWI flying ace, Nazi Prime Minister. Gestapo. Condemned at Nuremberg. Suicide.
Gothic Architecture. 12-15C. Began with French cathedrals and spread over N Europe. Pointed arches, rib vaulting, flying buttresses. Stability achieved with balance rather than mass. Airy lightness. St. Denis 1140. Notre Dame Cathedral. Tudor.
Kay, John. 1704-64. Invented flying shuttle, 1733.
Rickenbacker, Eddie. 1890-1973. US WWI flying ace.
Trenchard, Hugh. 1873-1956. British Flying Corps Commander. “Father of the RAF” 1918.