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Ward Van Orman
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1894 – 1978
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Who was Ward Van Orman?
Ward Tunte Van Orman was an American engineer, inventor and balloonist. A lifelong employee of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company credited with invention of Goodyear's inflatable life raft and self-sealing fuel tank, Van Orman set an unrecedented record of winning five annual National Balloon Races, participating in ten and winning three International Gordon Bennett Races.
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- Born
- Sep 2, 1894
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- United States of America
- Died
- Mar 11, 1978
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on July 23, 2013
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