Charles de Lambert (aviator)

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Charles, Count de Lambert[1](1865–1944) was an early European aviator.[2]

De Lambert was the first person in France to be taught to fly by Wilbur Wright. The first lesson took place at Le Mans on 28 October 1908.[3] On 18 October 1909 de Lamber "left the Juvisy Aerodrome at 4:36 o'clock in a Wright machine, flew across Paris to the Eiffel Tower, circled it, and returned to his starting point, arriving safely at 5:25."[4] De Lambert claimed that he flew 300 feet above the 1,000 foot Eiffel Tower which was nearly equal to Wilbur Wright's height record set in Berlin.[4]

[edit] References and notes

  1. ^ *His full name was Charles Alexandre Maurice Joseph Marie Jules Stanislas Jacques count Charles de Lambert (Charles count de Lambert)
    • He was also known as Charles, Comte de Lambert
  2. ^ The Flying Machines Exhibit, Wright State University Libraries
  3. ^ Wright teaches flying.; Count de Lambert, His Pupil, Says Handling the Aeroplane Is Simple. New York Times, 29 October 1908.
  4. ^ a b Over Eiffel Tower in a Wright biplane Special Cable to New York Times, 19 October 1909


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