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Jul 19, 2013 · It was there that a Frenchman named Adolphe Pégoud made history as the first ace pilot, taking down six German planes, before he himself was shot down in 1915 by one of the early aviator’s own...
- Allison Meier
Using a sacrifice aircraft, Pégoud was the first pilot to make a parachute jump from an airplane. During the first jump, observing the unexpected path of the plane and particularly a loop-like trajectory, he was convinced he could reproduce and control the same in flight.
- France
- 13 June 1889, Montferrat, Isère
- Roi du ciel (Eng: King of the sky)
- 31 August 1915 (aged 26), Petit-Croix, France
On 19 August 1913, he became the first man in Europe to descend from an aircraft in a parachute. Less than a month later, he became the first pilot to perform a loop and, during World War I, he was the first French pilot to score five victories.
Aug 1, 2018 · The man most feted for those early looping manoeuvres was the Frenchman Adolph Pégoud, who was recorded as completing the manoeuvre in a suitably reinforced Bleriot monoplane on 21 September 1913. Completing his preparations for inverted flight was a stout rope, tying him to his wickerwork seat.
Sep 1, 2010 · September 1, 2010. French aviator Adolphe Pégoud ranks as one of the best and bravest pilots in history, and he knew how to wow a crowd. On this day in 1913 he introduced a trick that scared...
- Tony Reichhardt
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Feb 2, 2018 · Although he was neither the first to parachute from a plane nor the first to loop one, Pégoud posthumously achieved a unique distinction. His fifth aerial victory, scored on April 28, 1915, made him history’s first fighter ace.
