George W. Thompson (April 3, 1888 – August 21, 1912) was a self-taught aviator, and is one of the first Coloradan flyers. He was born near Sharon Springs, Kansas. Thompson built a Mathewson biplane, a Curtiss design, and soloed it on January 4, 1911.
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3 April 1888 near Sharon Springs, Kansas
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21 August 1912 (aged 24) Lamar, Colorado
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