Paul Tissandier
Paul Tissandier | |
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Paul Albert Gaston Tissandier | |
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| Born | February 19, 1881 |
| Died | March 11, 1945(aged 64) |
| Awards | Legion of Honour |
Paul Tissandier(19 February 1881 – 11 March 1945)[1]was aFrenchaviator.
Biography
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Tissandier was the son of aviatorGaston Tissandierand nephew ofAlbert Tissandier,Gaston's brother.
Tissandier began his flying career as ahot air balloonpilot and later moved toairshipsand finally toairplanes.[2]He was a pilot-pupil ofWilbur Wright.[3]Together with CountCharles de Lambert,he was involved in the construction of hydro-gliders.
TheAero Club Paul Tissandierbased at theSaint-Cyr-l'Écoleairfield was named in his honour.[4]
Paul Tissandier Diploma
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ThePaul Tissandier Diplomais a perpetual international award[5]established in 1952 by theFédération Aéronautique Internationalein memory of Tissandier who was Treasurer of the FAI from its foundation to 1919 and its Secretary General from 1913 to 1945. The diplomas are awarded to those persons who have served the cause of aviation and private and sporting aviation in particular, by their work, initiative, devotion or other endeavours.
Each Aero club which is a member of FAI may recommend a number of deserving candidates for the diploma each year; the U.S. is allowed three. The recipients are confirmed by the FAI Administrative Council and publicly announced and the Diplomas are awarded at the annual FAI General Conference.[6]
Notable recipients include:
- Marina Afrikanova– Soviet glider pilotess, FAI world record holder[7][8]
- Alessandro Bianchi– Italian Minister for Transportation
- Paul Bikle- current world-record holder for height gain in aglider
- Ivo– Slovenian producer ofultralightandlight aircraft
- Walter J. Boyne–US Air Forcecombat veteran
- Lynn Garrison– Canadian aviator and mercenary
- Nick Goodhart– British world gliding champion, record breaker and engineer
- Jerzy Makula– Polish worldgliderchampion
- Yves Rousseau– French aviation pioneer
- Kathy Sutton– Canadian worldsky divingchampion
- Roger Poncelet– third-generation Belgian wooden aeroplane and propeller manufacturer
- Nabil Baz – Egyptian aviator
- Svetlana Kapanina– Russian aerobatic pilot
- Stewart Wood – President of the Experimental Aircraft Association of South Africa, 1992–2002
- Madeleine O'Rourke– Irish aviator and organiser of air shows in Ireland
- August Christov Kabaktchiev– a Bulgarian colonel-general, athlete and deputy minister of defence of Bulgaria, 1960–1972
References
[edit]- ^Champagne|Berceau De L'Aviation Du MondeRetrieved September 29, 2017
- ^Early Aviator - Tissandier
- ^Pedro Amaral - Aviation Postcards
- ^Aero Club Paul Tissandier
- ^FAI website - List of awards
- ^FAI website - General Conferences
- ^Record file 10108: Marina Afrikanova (URS)
- ^Пономарев, Юрий (2021-06-24)."Ушла из жизни летчица-планеристка Марина Африканова"[Marina Afrikanova, a glider pilot, passed away] (in Russian).Retrieved2023-05-21.
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