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Place of Birth: Hungary
About Alexander Pfitzner
- Alexander (Sandor) L.
- Pfitzner (August 5, 1880 – July 7, 1910) was a Hungarian engineer, inventor and aviation pioneer.
- After studying at the Hungarian University of Technology and serving in the Hungarian Army as an artillery officer, he emigrated to the United States, where he pursued a career as a designer of automobile and aircraft engines.
- He designed and flew the first American monoplane, the Pfitzner Flyer.
- Apparently depressed by its lack of success, he is reported to have committed suicide in July, 1910, although his body was never found.
- Following his death, reports spread that some of his friends had sighted him in New York City.
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