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Martin and Osa Johnson

(1884-1937) and (1894-1953)

  • Adventuresome couple made many trips to Africa in the 1920s and 1930s
  • Made movies of and wrote books about their safaris
  • Both learned to fly in Osa’s hometown of Chanute, Kansas
  • Were the first pilots to fly over Mounts Kilimanjaro and Kenya

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