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By Mary Bellis, About.com Guide to Inventors since 1997

Black Box

Thursday March 17, 2005
Dr David Warren invented the famous "Black Box" flight data recorder. The purpose of the Black Box was to help identify the reasons for a plane crash by recording any clues in the flight crew's conversation.

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