Jacob Ellehammer
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Jacob Christian Hansen Ellehammer (June 14, 1871 – May 20, 1946) was a Danish watchmaker and inventor, who on September 12 1906 became one of the first Europeans to fly an airplane. The flight had an alititude of 50 cm and a distance of 42 meters. He made over 200 flights in the next two years using many different machines. In 1912 Ellehammer he succeeded in making a helicopter rise from the ground.
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