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Lawrence Jerome Lesh |
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| Born | October 29, 1892
Fort Madison, Iowa |
| Occupation | Aviator |
| Known for | Early glider flights |
| Spouse | Gail McCreary |
Laurence Jerome Lesh (1892–1965) was an early aviator, a protégé of Octave Chanute, best known for building and flying gliders in the early part of the 20th century. Lesh was born on October 29, 1892, in Fort Madison, Iowa, and moved to Montreal, Canada as a young man. He married Gail McCreary and had one child, Laurende J.[1]
Lesh learned to fly in 1906, making his first flight in a glider when he was 14 years old. In 1907, he accomplished a glider flight from Montreal to Point Auxtrambles, a distance of seven miles.[1] He also conducted a flight towed by a motorboat in the St. Lawrence River.[2] In 1908, he set a towed glider flight record and in 1910 he built an airplane in which he made his first powered flight. In 1908, he gave a series of glider demonstration flights at the Morris Park Aerodrome in the Bronx, New York. He crashed on his third flight of the day, suffering extensive injuries including a broken ankle, requiring 14 surgeries.[1]
Later in his life, Lesh was involved in AM radio, telephony, and air navigation. He also designed wind-powered generators during the First World War.[3]
Lesh died on December 2, 1965, in Fort Myers, Florida after a long illness.[4]
