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Jean Marie Le Bris (25 March 1817, Concarneau – 17 February 1872, Douarnenez) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany who built two glider aircraft and performed at least one flight on board of his first machine in late 1856.
Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) In 1856, two French naval officers accomplished brief though uncontrolled flight, Felix duTemple and Jean-Marie Le Bris who built a glider shaped like an albatross, a bird he had studied on his sea voyages. The body of the craft, which would support the pilot, was shaped like a canoe.
Jean Marie Le Bris (Jean ou John pour sa famille et ses amis, Yann Vari ar Brizh en breton), né à Concarneau le 25 mars 1817 et mort à Douarnenez le 10 février 1872 est un marin, capitaine au cabotage, armateur de ses propres navires, connu pour avoir été un pionnier de l'aviation.
Jean-Marie Le Bris, a French sea captain, built several bird-like gliders designed to be launched from a moving cart. He flew the first of these in 1857 on a beach at Sainte-Anne-la-Palud in France.
Apr 8, 2020 · Illustration of Jean-Marie Le Bris in the second version of his Albatross glider, built in 1868. The machine was able to perform controlled flights with varying success. Jean-Marie Le Bris and his Artificial Albatross made significant steps in the human quest for flight.
Jean - Marie Le Bris (1817-1872) et sa barque ailée. par Thierry Le Roy. C'est en faisant la première synthèse des travaux sur le vol que Gabriel de la Landelle, théoricien de l'aéronautique naissante, put inventer en 1863 le mot "aviation".
Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817 - 1872) was a French aviator, born in Concarneau, Brittany, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856. Life and works. A sailor and sea captain, Jean-Marie Le Bris sailed around the world observing the flight of the Albatross bird.
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