Aéro-Club de France
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TheAéro-Club de France(French:[a.e.ʁɔ.klybdəfʁɑ̃s]) was founded as theAéro-Clubon 20 October 1898 as a society 'to encourage aerial locomotion' byErnest Archdeacon,Léon Serpollet,Henri de la Valette,Jules Verneand his wife,André Michelin,Albert de Dion,Alberto Santos-Dumont,Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe,andHenry de La Vaulx.[1]On 20 April 1909, its name was changed toAéro-Club de France.[2]
The Aéro-Club de France originally set many of the regulations that controlled aviation in France. From its formation it also set the rules that have marked some of the 'firsts' in aviation, such as the first closed-circuit flight of over 1 km and the first helicopter flight, and has organised competitions including:
- the Prix Deutsch de la Meurthe, a challenge fordirigiblesfrom 1901
- theGordon Bennett Cupfor fixed-wing aircraft in 1909
The club published the journalL'Aérophilefrom 1898 to 1947,[3]and since 1997 publishes the magazineAérofrance.
The Aéro-Club de France was a founding member of theInternational Aeronautical Federation(FAI) in 1905, a joint effort with other national associations.
After 1945, some of the Aéro-Club's regulatory roles were taken by other bodies. It now focusses on the promotion of aviation and certification.
Medal[edit]
The Club grants the Great Medal of the Aéro-Club de France to individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of aviation. The winners have been:
- 2006 - The flight test team of theAirbus A380and theDassault Falcon 7X
- 2005 - Pierre Guyoti
- 2004 - At the retirement ofConcorde,the heads ofEADS,British Aerospace,Air FranceandBritish Airways
- 2003 -Steve Fossett
- 2002 - The astronauts of the Andromeda mission
- 2000 -Jean-Pierre Haigneré,ESAastronaut
- 1998 - Bertrand Piccard, of theBreitling Orbiter 3balloon
- 1997 -Claudie Haigneré,Shannon Lucid,Yelena Kondakova
- 1996 -Jules Roy,author
- 1995 -Serge Dassault
- 1994 -Henri Pescarolo
- 1988 -Jean Salis,Chuck Yeager
- 1986 -Patrick Baudry
- 1981 -John Young,Robert Crippen
- 1970 -Jim Lovell,Jack Swigert,Fred Haise
- 1969 -Neil Armstrong,Buzz Aldrin,Michael Collins
- 1967 -Adrienne Bolland,Élisabeth Boselli,Marcel Dassault,Didier Daurat,Jean Lasserre,Georges Libert,Henry Potez
- 1963 -Jacqueline Auriol
- 1958 -Gabriel Voisin
- 1938 -Henri Guillaumet,Paul Tissandier
- 1937 -Maryse Bastié
- 1931 -Maurice Noguès
- 1930 -Jean Mermoz,Maurice Bellonte
- 1928 -Joseph Le Brix
- 1927 -Charles Lindbergh
- 1923 -Louis Bréguet,Pierre-Georges Latécoère,Dieudonné Costes
- 1922 -Clément Ader
- 1920 -Joseph Sadi-Lecointe
- 1917 - Warrant Officer Lucien Jailles, SergeantWalter Lovell,Warrant OfficerRaoul Lufbery,Archibald Johnson,Willis Haviland,CaptainGeorges Thenault,Warrant OfficerHarold Willis,Second LieutenantHenri Languedoc,Lieutenant J.A. Tourtay, Second Lieutenant Hector Varlin, Second LieutenantWilliam Thaw,Lieutenant Albert Dullin, CaptainsAlfred HeurtauxandGeorges Guynemer,Second LieutenantPaul Tarascon,and Captain André Wateau
- 1912 -Roland Garros
- 1911 -Jules Védrines
- 1910 -Géo Chavez
- 1909 -Louis Blériot
- 1908 -Henri Farman,Wilbur Wright,Orville Wright
- 1901 -Alberto Santos-Dumont,Henri Deutsch de la Meurthe,Robert Lebaudy
- 1900 -Henry de La Vaulx
See also[edit]
- List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1909
- List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1911
- Fédération française de parachutisme
References[edit]
- ^Armanet, Max."Historique".Aéro-Club de France(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 20 April 2014.Retrieved17 April2014.
- ^"Centenaire de l'Aero-Club de France".Aviation-francaise.com(in French). 1998. Archived fromthe originalon 3 February 2015.Retrieved7 August2012.
- ^"Les vols du 14bis décrits par les membres del'Aéro- Club de France dans les Aérophiles de 1906".Aéro-Club de France(in French). Archived fromthe originalon 7 July 2011.
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