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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
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Pamphlet by Louis-Ferdinand Ferber, July 19, 1907; Names Ferber, Louis-Ferdinand ... MD 20877. Correspondence from William James, Alice H. James, and Margaret M ...
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.
Ferdinand Ferber was a French artillery captain who, in the years after Lilienthal's death, single-handedly kept the notion of heavier-than-air flight alive in France.
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 ...
Ferdinand Ferber (1862-1909) is little known among the precursors of French aviation. While his aeronautical work covers only a decade, it remains of fundamental importance because he was the first Frenchman to have understood the significance of the test flights of Otto Lilienthal which were the inspiration for his first aircraft.
