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Ernest Archdeacon (23 March 1863 – 3 January 1950) was a French lawyer and aviation pioneer before the First World War. He made his first balloon flight at the age of 20. He commissioned a copy of the 1902 Wright No. 3 glider but had only limited success.
- 23 March 1863, Paris, France
- Aviation pioneering
- 3 January 1950 (aged 86), Versailles, France
- Lawyer
Soon after, Delagrange brought Henri Farman, the son of a prominent British journalist and a French woman, to the Voison aircraft plant. Farman was a painter, cyclist, and automobile racer who had been bitten by the aviation bug.
Archdeacon himself put up the Coupe d'Aviation Ernest Archdeacon, a silver trophy that would go to the first person to fly a powered airplane 25 meters (80 feet). The Aero-Club de France offered a prize of 1500 francs to the first person to fly 100 meters, or 330 feet.
Ernest Archdeacon (1863 - 1950) Rich lawyer and sportsman, the French Archdeacon created the Aéro-Club de France in response to Chanute's "dinner-conférence" in March, 1903. Archdeacon built a copy of the Wright No. 3 glider, but had only limited success.
Ernest Archdeacon of France was wealthy lawyer, sportsman, and aviation enthusiast. He built several experimental gliders, mostly based on Wright designs.
Mar 15, 2023 · Ernest Archdeacon, a French lawyer and aviation enthusiast, sometimes receives credit as the first airplane passenger in Europe after he flew with Farman on May 29, 1908.) Delagrange often flew with his friend, the artist and sculptor Thérèse Peltier, who became the first woman to pilot an airplane. (National Library of France)
Biographie. L'Aéro-Club de France. Destiné au barreau, Ernest Archdeacon s'oriente vers l'étude des sciences modernes, et tout particulièrement vers celle de l'aérostation et de l'aviation. En 1884, il effectue sa première ascension en ballon.
