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Lederer, the inventor of the "black box", is dead
Washington, USA - The one who verified the "Spirit of St. Louis" 's reliability has passed away at 101
Jerome Lederer has passed away at home in California at 101 because of a sudden cardiac indisposition. Lederer is a historically important figure as was he who controlled Lindberg's "Spirit of S.Louis" before this could implement the first long-distance Atlantic flight in flying history. Lederer even cooperated with NASA in order to warrant a higher safety for astronauts and he can be considerer the...
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