Établissements d'Aérostation Militaire Français de Chalais-Meudon (1904)
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Ferdinand Ferber's work experimenting with gliders came to the attention of Col. Charles Fox, head balloonist at Chalais-Meudon Aerostation and in May 1904, Ferber became an engineer in the French Army assigned to Chalais-Meudon, where he continued his experiments, resulting in a powered flight in his airplane No. 6a on 27 May 1905. It appears that in July Ferber went to work for the Antoinette Company but had plans to return to Chalais-Meudon for testing of airplane No. 8, a biplane. However, airplane No. 8, awaiting delivery of an engine ordered from Leon Levasseur, was destroyed by a storm in November 1905. The next thing known about Ferber's work in aeronautics is that he built another glider in 1925.
Sources
- http://hydroretro.net/edudegh/errements_3e_republique.pdf ; http://www.carnetdevol.org/aerostation/aviation.htm
- SD122
| Organization names | Établissement(s) d'Aérostation Militaire Français de Chalais-Meudon, created 1874; within that, Laboratoire de Recherches de l'Aéronautique Militaire de Chalais-Meudon, established 1901. |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | France |
| City | French Army Aerostation at Chalais-Meudon |
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| Started aero | 1904 |
| Ended aero | Ferber, 1905 |
| Keywords | 2 |
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