Établissements d'Aérostation Militaire Français de Chalais-Meudon (II)
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See related entries related to Chalais-Meudon for Jean-Baptiste-Émile Dorand, Ferdinand Ferber, Georges Lepère, Marcel Dassault.
Established as a center for military aviation, first experimenting with balloons and dirigibles and then heavier than air craft. The Laboratoire de Recherches had a wind tunnel where Dorand, then a military balloonist, used a moving rail car to measure the pull of a propeller and engineers In April 1910, the Laboratoire purchased 20 airplanes for training of military pilots.
Sources
- http://hydroretro.net/edudegh/errements_3e_republique.pdf ; http://www.carnetdevol.org/aerostation/aviation.htm
| Organization names | l'Etablissement(s) d'Aerostation Militaire Francais de Chalais-Meudon, created 1874; within that, Laboratoire de Recherches de lAeronautique Militaire de Chalais-Meudon, established 1901. In 1916, the Section Technique de l"Aeronautique (STAe) was created as a part of Chalais-Meudon. |
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| Country | France |
| City | Chalais-Meudon |
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| Started aero | 1901 |
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| Keywords | 2 |
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