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9
2012
Clément Ader and the Éole
Posted by HW on 09 Oct 2012 /
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Published on October 9, 2012 Thirteen years before the Wright Brothers flew at Kitty Hawk, on October 9, 1890, in Brie, France, on the lawn of the Château d’Armainvilliers, Clément Ader was about to make history. At the invitation of the Château’s owner, a wealthy banker named Monsieur Pereire, a runway of 200 meters was cleared on [...]
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