Charles Toussaint Védrines, commonly known as Jules Védrines, was born in December 1881 in Saint-Denis, France. His aviation career began with an apprenticeship at Société des Moteurs Gnome (the Gnome Motor Company), after which he […]
On 7th June 1919, the French aviation pioneer Raymonde de Laroche set a women´s world altitude record, flying in her Caudron G.3 to altitude of nearly 13,000 feet (3,962 m). Élisa Léontine Deroche, as that […]
On 19th January 1919, French aviation pioneer Jules Védrines landed with his Caudron G.3 aircraft on the roof of Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris. Jules Charles Toussaint Védrines was born in December of 1881 […]
François Durafour, a Swiss aviation pioneer, was born on 27th November 1888 in Geneva. After completing his mechanical studies, Durafour initially worked at Ateliers Sécherons and then in 1910 he was employed as Hanriot aeroplane […]
When the term ´air show´ comes to mind, it is usually associated with the mass-scale action, thousands of visitors and crowded display areas, but this is just a partial answer. There are many local events, […]
Without any doubts, the era of aviation pioneers is one of the most interesting periods in the aviation history. The remains of the early aircrafts could be mostly seen only in the aviation museums, and […]
Vladimír Handlík, from the Metoděj Vlach Aviation Museum in Mladá Boleslav, has performed an extraordinary journey with his Caudron G.3 replica. Starting from Mladá Boleslav on 17th June 2018 he reached La Ferté-Alais in France […]
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