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21st December 2024

2 February 1872 – maiden flight of Dupuy de Lôme dirigible balloon

1st February 2024 Jacek Domański

On 2nd February 1872, Henri Dupuy de Lôme presented to public his muscle-powered dirigible balloon, able to achieve up to 11 kph. Stanislas Charles Henri Dupuy de Lôme was born on 15th October 1816 in […]

1st July 1872 – Louis Blériot is born

1st July 2022 Jacek Domański

On 1st July 1872, Louis Charles Joseph Blériot, the famous French aviation pioneer, is born in Cambrai, France. Louis Blériot, the legendary aviator, is not only one of iconic entrepreneurs and inventors of the early […]

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