Breguet was inducted into the International Air & Space Hall of Fame at the San Diego Air & Space Museum
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Louis Charles Breguet
Louis Charles Breguet was a French aircraft designer and builder, one of the early aviation pioneers.
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business · French aircraft designer and builder (1880–1955) · military flight engineer · aircraft pilot · aerospace engineer · entrepreneur · aviation · engineer · also Louis Charles Breguet, Breguet
Born 2 January 1880 · Died 4 May 1955 · Q719663
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1955· 1 entry
Died 1955-05-04.
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1933· 1 entry
The longest nonstop Atlantic flight up to that time
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1919· 1 entry
Founded the Compagnie des messageries aériennes, which evolved into Air France
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1912· 1 entry
Breguet constructed his first hydroplane
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1911· 1 entry
Founded the Société anonyme des ateliers d’aviation Louis Breguet
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1909· 1 entry
Flying it successfully before crashing it at the Grande Semaine d'Aviation held at Reims
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1905· 1 entry
With his brother Jacques, and under the guidance of Charles Richet, he began work on a gyroplane (the forerunner of the helicopter) with flexible wings
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1903· 1 entry
Graduated from École supérieure d'électricité, which was the top electrical engineering school in France
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1902· 1 entry
Louis married Nelly Girardet, the daughter of painter Eugène Girardet
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1880· 1 entry
Born 1880-01-02.
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