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Mary Myers - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Mary Myers
- Mary Myers (also, Mary Breed Hawley Myers and Mary Bred Hawley Myers; 1849–1932) was a professional balloonist, better known as "Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut." She was the first of American women aviation pioneers to solo fly a lighter-than-air passenger balloon and set many records for balloon flights. Myers ran a business of manufacturing and selling passenger airship balloons and high altitude weather balloons with her husband.
- She and her husband obtained several patents on aerial navigation devices and promoted these through exhibition demonstrations at county fairs and town shows.
- Their balloons and related equipment they made at their "balloon farm" in Frankfort, New York.
