Word: bowlus
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Died. William Hawley Bowlus, 71, pioneer glider pilot and the man responsible for building Charles A. Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis, who started making sailplanes as a teen-ager in 1910, after World War I joined Plane Builder T. Claude Ryan as plant superintendent in charge of constructing the Spirit, later taught both Lindy and his wife Anne the art of soaring; of a heart attack; in Long Beach, Calif...