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Ader Éole, monoplane designed, built, and first tested by the French aeronautical pioneer Clément Ader in 1890. For a table of pioneer aircraft, see history of flight. Ader began work on his first powered aircraft in 1882. Named Éole in honour of the Greek god of the winds (Aeolus), the machine was.
The Ader Éole, also called Avion (French for aeroplane), was an early steam-powered aircraft developed by Clément Ader in the 1890s and named after the Greco-Roman wind god Aeolus.
- 9 October 1890
- Clément Ader
- Pioneer aircraft
- France
Ader also claimed credit for getting off the ground in the Éole. Ader began construction of a second aircraft he called the Avion II, also referred to as the Zephyr or Éole II. Most sources agree that work on this aircraft was never completed, and it was abandoned in favour of the Avion III.
- French
- Engineer
Oct 9, 2012 · Incredibly, in a feat that is virtually unquestioned in history, Clément Ader and his Éole flew. Factually, it is not the Wright Brothers, but rather Clément Ader who achieved the world’s first powered flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft — a point often missed by aviation historians.
Crew: 1. Length: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in) Wingspan: 14 m (45 ft 11 in) Wing area: 28 m 2 (300 sq ft) Empty weight: 226 kg (498 lb) Gross weight: 330 kg (728 lb) Powerplant: 1 × Ader alcohol-burning steam engine, 15 kW (20 hp) Performance. Maximum speed: 58 km/h (36 mph, 31 kn)164 ft. Wing loading: 8 kg/m 2 (1.6 lb/sq ft)
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Jul 1, 2013 · On Oct. 9, 1890, Ader opened the throttle on his steam-powered aircraft Éole and roared down a level 700-foot runway. As he recalled later, “I advanced at high speed, the jolting of the wheels on the ground stopped almost at once, and for a few seconds I was suspended in a state of indefinable joy.”
