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  1. Model (scale 1:10). This was French aviation pioneer Clement Ader's first flying machine. The Eole was the first aeroplane in the world to take off under its own power from level ground, flying for some 50 metres at a height of 20 cms in 1890. Ader (1841-1925) pinned his hopes on steam engines and a canopied form of wing based on that of a bat.

  2. Oct 9, 2012 · Clément Ader spent years researching and working on his avion or plane, terms he invented to describe his aircraft. In the 1850s, as a teenager, he had worked on model aircraft and had proven many methods of flight on a small scale. Each model flew — or more properly glided — a short distance.

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  4. Significant advance. First self-propelled flight (1890) Clément Ader (2 April 1841 – 3 May 1925) [1] [2] was a French inventor and engineer who was born near Toulouse in Muret, Haute-Garonne, and died in Toulouse. He is remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. In 1870 he was also one of the pioneers in the sport of cycling ...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ader_ÉoleAder Éole - Wikipedia

    Ader Éole. Clément Ader's Avion French patent 205155, 19 April 1890. 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]

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  6. Sep 2, 2018 · Frenchman Clement Ader, aviation pioneer, built in the late 1800s a series of steam-powered "avions" with a unique "bat-plane" flavor to them. Reputedly the first one, the "Eole", barely lifted and flew erratically for a little while. The Avion III -represented by this "dR design" kit- is a furth...

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  7. Jul 1, 2013 · Even so, Ader was encouraged by his success. So was the French Ministry of War, which offered him money—eventually, more than 650,000 francs—to build a new and larger model. Over the course of seven years Ader produced a larger, twin-engine version of the Éole named Avion III. In 1897, trials of this aircraft at a military camp were a ...

  8. Clément Ader's Avion III in 1895. download a larger image. The aircraft, which has a wingspan of over 15 metres and is equipped with two 20-HP steam engines and two propellors, was built between 1894 and 1897 in Paris, in the rue Jasmin workshop. The materials used were basically wood and, for a small number of parts, steel, brass and aluminium.

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