Marie Léon Delagrange (13 March 1872 – 4 January 1910) was a sculptor and pioneering French aviator who was one of the top aviators in the world. Léon Delagrange...
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semi-obscurity, while other aviation pioneers like Santos-Dumont, Henri Farman, Léon Delagrange, and American Glenn Curtiss entered the limelight. In 1906 skeptics...
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Voisin 1907 biplane (redirect from Voisin-Delagrange No.1 biplane)
aircraft, which had been ordered by the sculptor Léon Delagrange. This became known as the Delagrange I, since the Voisin brothers had decided that the...
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travelled furthest would be the winner if no-one completed the race. Léon Delagrange, who covered slightly more than half of the ten 1.2-kilometre (0.75 mi;...
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had occurred on 4 January 1910, killing Léon Delagrange, and was generally attributed to the fact that Delagrange had fitted an over-powerful engine, so...
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first certificate to Louis Blériot in 1908—followed by Glenn Curtiss, Léon Delagrange, and Robert Esnault-Pelterie. The British Royal Aero Club followed...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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aviator Henri Farman makes the world's first flight with a passenger, Léon Delagrange. April 8 – H. H. Asquith of the Liberal Party takes office as Prime...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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acquainted with several aviators, including artist-turned-aviator Léon Delagrange, who was reputed to be the father of her son André. Due to all of these...
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Société Anonyme". marked on the side-curtains of the tail unit as Léon Delagrange No. 1 marked on the side-curtains of the tail unit as Henri Farman...
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newly founded FAI on November 12, 1906. First airplane passenger: was Léon Delagrange, with pilot Henri Farman, on March 29, 1908. First use of the modern...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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sandbags simulating bombs over Los Angeles, California. 4 January – Leon Delagrange is killed in Bordeaux after the wings on his Blériot collapse. 7 January...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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'Ted' King, a licensed victualler, and mother of four children, Edward, Leon, Vivian and Liese. Mrs King had stage ambitions for her sons. In 1891, Maud...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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1908. Around a dozen aviators were present, the most famous being Léon Delagrange, and Roger Sommer. Samuel Cody in an attempt to win a prize offered...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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1909. Around a dozen aviators were present, the most famous being Léon Delagrange and Roger Sommer. Samuel Cody (no relation to William F. Cody) in an...
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foremost pilots of the day, including Louis Blériot, Henry Farman, Léon Delagrange, Hubert Latham, Charles de Lambert, Louis Paulhan, Roger Sommer, Claude...
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August – Orville Wright, American aviator (died 1948) 1872 13 March – Léon Delagrange, French aviator and sculptor (died 1910 in aviation accident) 1 July...
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Ferdinand Ferber Dec 6, 1909 Antonio Fernández Santillana Jan 4, 1910 Léon Delagrange Apr 2, 1910 Hubert Le Blon Jul 12, 1910 Charles Rolls Aug 3, 1910 Nicolas...
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1908, French sculptor Thérèse Peltier was taken up as a passenger by Léon Delagrange and within a few months she was reported as making a solo flight in...
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American folk artist (b. 1837) January 4 – Léon Delagrange, French pioneer aviator (b. 1873) January 5 – Léon Walras, French economist (b. 1834) January...
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