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ONLINE RESOURCES If you search for "George Dyott +aviation" using Google, (7-6-09), you will find 109 links, several of which are relevant. The two following links have become obsolete, but I have recovered them from www.archive.net.

Fliers Take Wing Risking life and limb, they turn LI into a buzzing center of innovation in aviation By Laura Muha       On this page of the LI HISTORY.COM, "Long Island, Our History," website, the author has used an unpublished 117-page autobiographical manuscript by Henry Walden, now in the collection of the Cradle of Aviation Museum at Mitchel Field, to tell the story of the beginnings of aviation on Long Island. Shortly after the Third International Air Tournament, scheduled for Oct. 22-30, 1910, at Belmont Park Race Track, Walden teamed up with Capt. Geroge Dyott to form the Walden-Dyott Aeronautic Co. You can access the page and enjoy the whole fascinating story by clicking on the title above.

 

MATILDE MOISANT - EARLY BIRD AVIATOR       This page on Steve Remington's COLLECTAIR website offers a very comprehensive revue of Matilde's life and career. It includes a brief mention of George Dyott in connection with a meeting of the Early Bird organization in of the You can access the page and enjoy the whole fascinating story by clicking on the title above.

 

RECOMMENDED READING

MAN HUNTING IN THE JUNGLE The search for Colonel Fawcett.   D. M. Dyott   Product Details Hardcover: Publisher: Edward Arnold, editor (January 1, 1930) ASIN: B000KM31SQ Price: Out of Print

Description: Several used copies may be found on the internet from time to time. (7-6-09)

 

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