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Roland Garros (aviator) Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros ( French pronunciation: [ʁɔlɑ̃ ɡaʁos]; 6 October 1888 – 5 October 1918) was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot. [3] Garros began a career in aviation in 1909 and performed many early feats before joining the French army and becoming one of the earliest fighter pilots ...
- Eugène Adrien Roland Georges Garros
- 6 October 1888, Saint-Denis, Réunion, France
- Vouziers, France
A legacy in Paris. A First World War hero and trailblazer for aviation, Roland Garros was also a man who nurtured solid friendships. Ten years after his death, in 1928, the tennis stadium that had been built for the Mousquetaires to defend their Davis Cup title was named after Roland Garros, at the request of Emile Lesueur, president of the Stade Français and Garros’ former classmate at the ...
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Aug 29, 2019 · Thanks to his machine gun system, by Apr. 18, 1915 Garros had three kills under his belt. At this time, the entire French Air Force had managed to down five German planes. Roland Garros accounted for three of these. Never before had a lone pilot hunted other men in the air. Roland Garros enjoyed an exciting life.
Oct 5, 2023 · On this day, October 5, 1918, the famous French aviator Roland Garros, the first man to have flown over the Mediterranean Sea, was killed in the Ardennes after his plane had been shot down by the German army. Although Garros himself didn’t really play tennis, 10 years after his death, the brand new stadium built to host the Davis Cup as well ...
May 29, 2014 · Most people think Roland Garros was a tennis champion, but he was in fact a celebrated aviator in the early part of the 20th century. Branger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images/file Roland Garros ...
Nov 15, 2019 · In 1913, Roland Garros became a true pioneer of aviation, making the first nonstop flight over the entire Mediterranean, using a Morane-Saulnier monoplane. The flight started from the city of Frejus, located in the south of France and had for its destination Bizerte, a town in Tunisia. By 1914, when the war began, Roland Garros was already a ...
May 31, 2018 · Roland Garros was a man who set altitude records and performed daredevil stunts in airshows and races. People flocked from as afar afield as South America to see him in action. His was a life of derring-do: he became the first man to cross the Mediterranean and he invented the first on-board machine gun. And yet he didn’t discover planes ...
