File:Matthew Bacon Sellers Jr. 1908 Quadraplane.jpg

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English: Lightweight experimental quadraplane built and first flight by Matthew Bacon Sellers, Jr. in Kentucky in December 1908. At the time, it was the lightest aircraft in the world, had the smallest aircraft engine in the world, it had the world's first retractable wheels on an airplane, and was the first airplane to be built in Kentucky.
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Source Baltimore City Landmark Designation: Sellers Mansion, Commission for Historical and Architectural Preservation, June 10, 2008
Author Matthew Bacon Sellers, Jr.

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1908 lightweight experimental airplane with 4 layers of wings

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31 December 1908Gregorian

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