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Louis Ferdinand Ferber (8 February 1862 – 22 September 1909) was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s.
Louis Ferdinand Ferber (8 February 1862 – 22 September 1909) was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s. Although his aircraft experiments were belatedly successful, his early recognition and publicizing of the work of the Wright Brothers was a major influence on the development of aviation in Europe.
Ferdinand Ferber 1862-1909 (French Pilot's Licence No. 5 bis) The pilot; The planes ... The name was taken after the Swiss village of Rue, where the family owned an ...
Ferdinand Ferber. Ferdinand Ferber was born in Lyon in 1862. After completing his education at the Ecole Polytechnique he joined the French Army. He made steady progress and eventually became commander of the Alpine Artillery Battery at Nice. Ferber became interested in aviation after reading Otto Lilienthal's Bird Flight as a Basis for Aviation.
AKA Ferdinand Ferber & Monsieur de Rue. Ferdinand Ferber (8 Feb 1862 Lyon- 22 September 1909 Boulogne-sur-mere). was one of, if not the, most scientifically minded of the early French Aviators. In many ways, it was he who brought about the great blossoming of French Aviation after 1908. A French Artilleryman, he was one of the first Frenchmen ...
Read the Ferber surname history and see the family crest, coat of arms for the German Origin. Discover the Ferber surname history. Where did the name Ferber come from?
Louis Ferdinand Ferber (February 8, 1862 - September 22, 1909) Louis Ferber was the greatest forerunner of practical aviation in France. He was the first Frenchman to build life-size gliders and to test them methodically; he attempted to catch up - without their rigorous experimentation but following the same principles - with Lilienthal, Chanute and the Wrights in the experimental cycle which ...
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