Artnet news: 1908 - Issy-les-Moulineaux. Henri Farman sur son biplan Voisin gagne le prix Archdeacon (1km en circuit fermé)
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Henri Farman
Henri Farman was a British-French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. Before dedicating himself to aviation he gained fame as a sportsman, specifically in cycling and motor racing. Henri acquired French nationality in 1937.
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business · British-French racing driver, aviator and aircraft designer (1874–1958) · sport cyclist · aerospace engineer · engineer · racing automobile driver · aircraft pilot · businessperson · also Henri Farman, Farman
Born 26 May 1874 · Died 17 July 1958 · Q22401
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Farman was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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1958· 1 entry
Died 1958-07-17.
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1937· 1 entry
When the French Popular Front government nationalised the aircraft industry; Farman's company becoming part of the Societe Nationale de Constructions Aeronautiques du Centre
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1909· 1 entry
Opened a flying school at Châlons-sur-Marne at which George Bertram Cockburn was the first pupil
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1907· 1 entry
With a homemade biplane glider on the sandhills of Le Touquet, after first experimenting with model aeroplanes of different sizes
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1874· 1 entry
Born 1874-05-26.
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