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By early 1909, Farman fell out with Gabriel Voisin because Voisin had sold an aircraft that had been built to Farman's specifications to J.T.C. Moore-Brabazon. This aircraft was named the Bird of Passage by Brabazon.
Jul 14, 2024 · Farman, Henri French aviator Henri Farman flying the Voisin-Farman I. In 1908 he won the Grand Prix d'Aviation for the first circular flight of more than 1 km (0.6 mile). Farman, the son of British citizens living in France, was first a painter, then a racing motorist.
May 26, 2020 · In 1908, Farman went on to make the first cross-country flight in Europe, flying from Châlons to Reims. Henri Farman opened a flying school at Châlons-sur-Marne at which George Bertram Cockburn was the first student.
Jan 1, 2008 · Supplement: M. Henri Farman's 1908 Prize-Winning Flight. The Farman Aeroplane wins the Deutsch-Archdeacon Prize. A Report in Scientific American, January 25, 1908.
French aviator who made a variety of recordbreaking flights in Europe before World War I. Farman achieved Continent-wide fame when, on January 13, 1908, he became the first European to fly a one-kilometer (0.62 miles) closed circuit.
Jan 13, 2010 · 1908: French aviator Henry Farman makes the first official flight of 1 kilometer around a predetermined closed course. He wins a huge monetary prize. When Farman first flew an airplane in 1907,...
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With it, he became the first European to fly, on October 7th, 1907. On January 13th, 1908 he won the 50,000 francs Deutsch-Archdeacon prize for the first closed-circle flight of a kilometre in Europe. On October 30th, 1908 he made the first cross-country flight, between Mourmelon (Bouy) and Reims.
