Matthew B. Sellers

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Matthew Bacon Sellers II was an American inventor and aviator who served on the Naval Consulting Board during World War I.[1]

Sellers lived for a time in a house in Carter County, Kentucky, called "Blakemore", at which he constructed a wind tunnel.[2]

He photographed the Wright aircraft at Fort Myer in 1909.

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  1. Black, 1943, p. 77. "Few of the modern flyers know that Matthew B. Sellers, who was later to serve on the Naval Consulting Board during the World War, was then flying his little four-plane Chalmers engine that delivered only 4 horsepower a 1,500 revolutions per minute! Even when 'revved up,' it barely attained the maximum of 5 horsepower."
  2. Tim Talbott, “Aviation Pioneer” ExploreKYHistory, accessed October 6, 2020.

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Names Matthew Bacon Sellers II
Birth date 1869
Death date 1932
Countries US
Locations Baltimore, Maryland; Carter County, Kentucky; Ardsley-on-Hudson, New York
Occupations
Tech areas LTA, Glider, Airplane
Affiliations Aerodynamic Laboratory Commission, Naval Consulting Board
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