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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]
- 9 October 1890
- Clément Ader
- Pioneer aircraft
- France
On Oct. 9, 1890, Ader became the first pilot to achieve a powered takeoff from level ground, though his flight lasted only a few seconds and barely cleared the ground. Ader Éole, monoplane designed, built, and first tested by the French aeronautical pioneer Clément Ader in 1890. For a table of pioneer aircraft, see history of flight.
Oct 9, 2012 · As Clément Ader held on, his invention, the bat-winged Éole, raced forward. At the front, a huge four-bladed propeller spun furiously. Behind the prop, running with intense heat and precision, an alcohol-burning lightweight steam engine screamed — this was the key to his invention, an engine light enough and powerful enough to allow Éole ...
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May 13, 2020 · The Avion III, built in 1897 by Clément Ader. Ader claimed the machine flew a distance of 100 m (328 ft), but these claims are unsubstantiated. The wings of the Avion III were based on a bat’s wings. This is Avion III, an 1897 aircraft designed by Clément Ader. Ader was a French inventor and engineer who became interested in flight after ...
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This flight leads some to consider Eole as the first-ever aeroplane. However, others don’t share this view, arguing that the machine, despite carrying a man and having risen above the ground with its own power (steam), didn’t provide any means for the pilot to control the direction of the flight. Whatever the opinion one may have, one cannot deny t...
Developed between 1882 and 1889, Eole was named after the Greek God of the Winds, Aeolus. Like a giant bat, it had two wings of 14 meters each that could be articulated by a wooden structure covered by silk. The pilot was situated at the back of the aircraft. Contrary to many early flying machines, Eole was not designed to flap its wings, but was p...
In the following years Ader developed and improved Eole Avion I by building Zéphyr and Aquilon. The three machines are called Avion from the Latin word avis (bird), which became the French word for airplane. Eole’s flight in 1890 drew the interest of the French army, which ordered a more powerful aircraft, thus leading to the construction of Zéphyr...
Ader in 1891 An engineer by education, Clément Ader (1841–1925) enjoyed a long and eventful life. Beside the heavier-than-air aircraft Avion, for which he is mainly known for, he made several (sometimes surprising) inventions in various fields. To name a few: he invented a telephonic distribution system called Théâtrophone, allowing subscribers to ...
Mar 1, 2024 · March 5, 1926, Toulouse (aged 85) Clément Ader (born Feb. 4, 1841, Muret, France—died March 5, 1926, Toulouse) was a self-taught French engineer, inventor, and aeronautical pioneer. Ader constructed a balloon at his own expense in 1870. By 1873 he had turned his attention to heavier-than-air flight, constructing a winged “bird” on which ...
Jul 1, 2013 · July 1, 2013. Thirteen years before the Wright brothers’ pioneering flight at Kitty Hawk, N.C., a French inventor named Clément Ader climbed into a bat-like contraption at an isolated French estate and made aviation history of his own. On Oct. 9, 1890, Ader opened the throttle on his steam-powered aircraft Éole and roared down a level 700 ...
