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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. http://www.centennialofflight.gov. 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. Charcoal of Le Bris by H. Schneider.
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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.
Le Bris est né à Concarneau (Finistère) en 1817 et décédé à Douarnenez en 1872. Depuis la publication en 1944 du livre d'Yves Peslin Jean-Marie Le Bris - Marin breton précurseur de l'aviation (Les Ailes, 1944) il est présenté comme un autodidacte qui aurait mené ses travaux seul.
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.
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.
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