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the United States Government.
Following this Kimball went back to electrical engineering at the Luna Park, Coney Island Station on Long Island, N.Y. During several years after his retirement, he was associated with Dr. Henry Walden in research laboratory work. Kimball passed away at St. Lukes Hospital, New York, on July 29, 1940, at age 77. He was survived by his wife.
Early Bird and flying pioneer, Wilbur R. Kimball lived a life of active aeronautical development and research. He could readily be considered one of the very first aeronautical engineers. He held many patients and contributed much to the development of early aviation history. Among the first to visualize and understand the vast potential of flight, his name will long remain in the early legend of those pioneers who really started the aviation industry we enjoy today.