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Demouveaux

Postby JoeF » Thu May 16, 2013 3:26 pm

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Demouveaux
of 1901
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DEMOUVEAUX AVIATIOR.
Source page had this footnote: "Originally appeared in Scientific American, 86, March 8, 1902, p. 173.
No mention was made of the Demouveaux craft, though the photograph appeared with the Villard article."

Another source: " In 1901 Demouveaux brought a giant glider to a great kite meet at the Pare des Princes in Paris. The pilot stood in the middle of the long front wing; a second long wing was set in tandem. The glider was wrecked on its first attempt, without damaging its pilot."

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