Samuel Franklin Cody Samuel Franklin Cody Samuel Franklin Cowdery (later known as Samuel Franklin Cody; 6 March 1867 – 7 August 1913, born Davenport, Iowa, USA) was a Wild West showman and early pioneer of manned flight. He is most famous for his work on the large kites known as "Cody War-Kites", that were used by the British in World War I as a smaller alternative to balloons for artillery spotting. He was also the first man to fly an aeroplane in Britain, on 16 October 1908. A flamboyant showman, he was often confused with Buffalo Bill Cody, whose surname he took when
The Greatest Showman copies, 186,000 downloads and 186,000 streaming. On November 16, 2018. 20th Century Fox released a cover album entitled "The Greatest Showman: Reimagined", featuring a variety of artists. "The Greatest Showman" held its premiere on December 8, 2017, aboard the RMS "Queen Mary 2", while it was docked in New York City. The film was then released in the United States on December 20, 2017. Like Disney's live-action "Beauty and the Beast", a sing-along version of the film was released in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2018. The film had a limited IMAX release on February 2. On June 28,