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    Victor Tatin (1843–1913) was a French engineer who created an early airplane, the Aéroplane, in 1879. The craft was the first model airplane to take off using its own power after a run on the ground. [2] [3] [4] The model had a span of 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) and weighed 1.8 kg (4.0 lb). It had twin propellers and was powered by a compressed-air ...

    • 1843, Paris
    • French
    • 18 April 1913
    • Aeronautical inventor and engineer
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  4. Oct 11, 2021 · One of those pioneers who have impacted aviation industry to a great extent was Victor Tatin, the French engineer who made the “Aéroplane” in the early days of flight. In this blog post we are going to explore the life and accomplishments of this great aviation theorist.

  5. Mar 12, 2023 · One such man was a French national by the name of Victor Tatin. Back in 1879, Tatin constructed a model airplane approximately two meters long (6 ft 3 in) and weighing around 1.8 kilos (4 lbs ...

  6. Control Line (CL) model aviation can trace its roots back to the early tethered experiments of Victor Tatin, whose compressed-air powered model was flown round-the-pole in 1879. In the 1920s and 1930s aeromodelers began to take this a step further and actually try and control their whip and powered aircraft in flight.

  7. Victor Tatin (1843-1913) Frenchman, Victor Tatin became one of early aviation's most authoritative theorists. He built a model in 1879 with a fuselage that acted as a tank for the compressed air that drove a small engine linked to two tractor propellers. The model had a 75ins (1.9m) wingspan.