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Louis Ferdinand Ferber (8 February 1862 – 22 September 1909) was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s. Although his aircraft experiments were belatedly successful, his early recognition and publicizing of the work of the Wright Brothers was a major influence on the ...
- 8 February 1862
- Captain
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour
- French Army
The French Connection. Available in Française, Español, Português, Deutsch, Россию, 中文, 日本, and others. hile Wilbur and Orville were arguing about propellers, Octave Chanute took a business-and-pleasure trip to Europe that would have a profound impact on the Wrights in later years. On April 2, 1903, while passing through France ...
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Dec 19, 2022 · French experimenter Ferdinand Ferber had learned vague details of the Wrights’ work as early as 1901 and built a crude copy of their initial glider in 1902. In February 1903, he published an article calling on his countrymen to recapture the lead in flight research.
Ferdinand Ferber, learns of Octave Chanute's work from a published lecture, contacts Chanute, and Chanute tells Ferber of the Wright brothers. Ferber begins to correspond with the brothers and builds a copy of their 1901 glider as he understands it from the photos Chanute has sent him. Although Ferber is aware the Wright glider had roll control ...
Ferdinand Ferber and Ernest Archdeacon, France, organizes the Aéro Club de France. October 11 — August Herring flies about 50 feet (15 meters) in a biplane glider powered by a compressed air engine at St. Joseph, Michigan. Later, he flies 73 feet (22 meters).
AKA Ferdinand Ferber & Monsieur de Rue. Ferdinand Ferber (8 Feb 1862 Lyon- 22 September 1909 Boulogne-sur-mere). was one of, if not the, most scientifically minded of the early French Aviators. In many ways, it was he who brought about the great blossoming of French Aviation after 1908. A French Artilleryman, he was one of the first Frenchmen ...
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