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On April 19, 1890, Clément Ader filed a patent relating to “a winged device for aerial navigation called Avion“. His first demonstration took place on the following October 9, on a 200-meter track that the banker Gustave Pereire had laid out for him in the park of his castle in Armainvilliers, in Seine-et-Marne.
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. [ 1 ] Design and development
Clément Ader's Avion III download a larger image On October the 12th, 1897, the first trials of this 'Avion' were made in the presence of General Mensier, who admitted that the machine made several hops above the ground, but did not consider the performance as one of actual flight.
Clément Ader era filho de François Ader (1812-1889) e sua segunda esposa, Antoinette Forthané (1816-1865). A família Ader esteve ligada ao ramo da carpintaria durante gerações. Seu avô materno, que serviu no exército de Napoleão , viveu com sua mulher num moinho , cujo mecanismo encantava o pequeno Clément, enquanto ele escutava as ...
Clément Agnès Ader (2 April 1841 – 3 May 1925) was a aero inventor and electrical engineer from Muret (near Toulouse), credited by some with the first successful airplane flight.
Clément Ader was born on April 2, 1841 in Muret, near Toulouse. His father, a carpenter, hoped that his only son would take over the family business. However, Ader was a gifted student, and he continued with his studies instead.
Det första s.k. flyghoppet med bemannat flygplan, åstadkommet enbart av ångmotorns drivkraft, gjordes av Clément Ader, då han flög cirka 50 meter i sin "Eole" i närheten av Armainvilliers i Frankrike den 9 oktober 1890. Han anses vara den förste som lyckats konstruera ett någorlunda användbart aeroplan. Avion III
