Mary Myers (1849-1932), better known in her life as Carlotta, the Lady Aeronaut or Carlotta Myers was an American balloonist and inventor. She married Carl Edgar Myers in 1871 and, after he became interested in designing balloons and other airships. Myers assisted him in his work and eventually took to testing their designs herself. She made her first balloon trip in front of a crowd of 15,000 people in 1880.
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1 August 1849 1849 (1849)
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Died |
1 August 1932 (aged 83) Atlanta, Georgia, US
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Zodiac | Leo |
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