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France’s ‘Ville de Paris’ – Wills’s Aviation #14
History Behind The Card: France’s ‘Ville de Paris’ Card #14 of 50, W.D. & H.O. Wills, Aviation series 1910 Name: Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, 1846 – 1919, Paris, France This entry, is not going to be about dirigibles… we’re … Continue reading
Posted in Firsts, Heavier-Than-Air, Lighter-Than-Air, Pilots
Tagged Aero Torpedo, aeroplane, Alfred Leblanc, Charles Richet, Continental Tyre Company, early French aviators, Edouard Surcouf, first model airplane to fly, France Prime Minister, French aviation pioneer, French Dirigibles, Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe, Louis Émile Train, Louis Paulhan, monoplane, oil industry in France, Pétroles Jupiter, Privately-owned dirigible, Shell Oil, Victor Tatin, Ville de Paris
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Introduction
Welcome to Pioneers Of Aviation, a blog in which I hope to present to you as factual as possible a history of flight: both lighter-than-air and heavier-than air. This blog will examine history’s first attempts at flight, the mythologies of … Continue reading →