Albert Sigmund Heinrich (October 27, 1889 - June 25, 1974), was an American pioneer aviator in Freeport, New York

Freeport, New York

Freeport is a village in the town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 42,860 at the 2010 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community...

, who flew the first American monoplane, and designed the Heinrich Pursuit

Heinrich Pursuit

The Heinrich Pursuit was an American fighter prototype of the 1910s. It was the only known aircraft designed by Albert S. Heinrich.- Development :...

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Biography

He was born on October 27, 1888 in Brooklyn, New York and he had a brother, Arthur O. Heinrich (1887-?). He started by building speed boats. He died on June 25, 1974 in in Fort Ashby, West Virginia

Fort Ashby, West Virginia

Fort Ashby is an census-designated place in Mineral County, West Virginia along Patterson Creek. It is part of the 'Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area'. The population was 1,380 at the 2010 census...

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