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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Paul_CornuPaul Cornu - Wikipedia

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   Paul Cornu ( French pronunciation: [pɔl kɔʁny]; 15 June 1881 – 6 June 1944) was a French engineer. Life. Paul Cornu, of Romanian origins, [1] was born in Glos la Ferrière, France and was one of thirteen children. At a young age, he helped his father in his transports company. [2] .

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3. www.britannica.com › biography › Paul-CornuPaul Cornu | Helicopter inventor, Aviation pioneer | Britannica

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   Paul Cornu (born 1881, Lisieux, Fr.—died 1944) was a French engineer who designed and built the first helicopter to perform a manned free flight. Cornu’s twin-rotor craft, powered by a 24-horsepower engine, flew briefly on Nov. 13, 1907, at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux.

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   Paul Cornu was a French bicycle maker and pioneer in vertical flight who, in 1907, built the first helicopter prototypes to ever carry a human off the ground. In 1906, Cornu was well ahead of others who were attempting to build piloted helicopter concepts about that time.

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Paul Cornu (born 1881, Lisieux, Fr.—died 1944) was a French engineer who designed and built the first helicopter to perform a manned free flight. Cornu’s twin-rotor craft, powered by a 24-horsepower engine, flew briefly on Nov. 13, 1907, at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux.

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   Why did Paul Cornu die?

   • The construction was not much further developed by this technical pioneer, who had to keep on making a living by manufacturing bicycles . Paul Cornu died aged 62 in 1944 in Lisieux, France, when his home was destroyed during the bombardment by the Allies that accompanied the Normandy landings of World War II .

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   Did Paul Cornu leave the ground on 6 December 1907?

   • On 6 December 1907, Paul Cornu reported “The aircraft left the ground with all four wheels altogether,” which suggests that Cornu’s machine made a brief piloted hop on that day. There is no evidence that he left ground effect, though some claim that he flew up to 2 meters and stayed airborne for 20 minutes.

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   When was Paul Cornu patented?

   • Of further significance, Paul Cornu was also looking at methods of achieving flight control and forward propulsion at a time (1906) when others were thinking only of ways to get vertically off the ground. He patented his design under U.S. Patent #902,859, and it was filed on September 11, 1906, and issued on November 3, 1908.

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6. www.fai.org › news › paul-cornu’s-“flying-bicyclePaul Cornu’s “flying bicycle”: the 110th anniversary of the ...

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   Nov 13, 2017 · On 13 November 1907, French engineer and bicycle maker Paul Cornu made history by becoming the first man to fly in a rotary wing aircraft. The primitive helicopter – a twin-rotor craft powered by a 24-horsepower engine – only lifted Cornu about 1.5m off the ground, holding him there for 20 seconds at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux in France.

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Cornu_helicopterCornu helicopter - Wikipedia

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   Experimental aircraft. Type of aircraft. Manufacturer. Paul Cornu. First flight. 13 November 1907. Number built. 1. The Cornu helicopter was an experimental helicopter built in France, and is widely credited with the first free flight of a rotary-wing aircraft when it took to the air on 13 November 1907.

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   • First flight: 13 November 1907

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   • Manufacturer: Paul Cornu

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9. transportationhistory.org › 2019/11/13 › 1907-a1907: A Unique and Forward-Looking Aircraft Took Its First ...

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   Nov 13, 2019 · November 13, 1907. The first flight of a helicopter that was both piloted and untethered took place near the commune of Coquainvilliers in northwestern France. The pilot was engineer and bicycle-maker Paul Cornu in a twin-rotor aircraft that he had constructed.

10. generalaviationnews.com › 2017/11/13 › on-this-dayOn this day in history: The first helicopter flight

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    Nov 13, 2017 · On Nov. 13, 1907, French engineer and bicycle maker Paul Cornu made history by becoming the first man to fly in a rotary wing aircraft. The primitive helicopter — a twin-rotor craft powered by a 24-horsepower engine — only lifted Cornu about 1.5 meters off the ground, holding him there for 20 seconds at Coquainvilliers, near Lisieux in France.