Commission aérienne mixte
The Commission Aerienne Mixte (CAM) or Aerial Mixed Commission was for 18 months a French private regulatory authority for aircraft. It was created in France in 28 Nov. 1908.
This body formed just before the opening of the 11th Paris Motor Show, a.k.a. the Paris Aero Salon.[1]
Members and officers
It first met on 8 December 1908 with representatives from several important organizations in France:[2]
- Automobile-Club de France: Edmond Chaix, the Marquis Albert de Dion, commandant Ferrus, René de Knyff, & A. Loreau
- Aéro-Club de France: Léon Barthou, Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe, count Henry de La Vaulx, Paul Rousseau, Rodolphe Soreau
- Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aéronautique: Louis Blériot, Maurice Echalié, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Maurice Mallet, Édouard Surcouf
- Ligue Nationale Aérienne: Appell, Ernest Archdeacon, the Comte de Céligny, Painlevé, René Quinton
- President: Loreau
- VP: Barthou
- Secretary: Surcouf
- Rapporteur: Ferrus
- Treasurer: Deutsch de la Meurthe
The 35-some delegates ca. 1910 included leaders in French aviation and automobiling including Ernest Archdeacon, Louis Blériot, A. Clement, H. Deutsch de la Meurthe, Henri Farman, and Louis Renault.
Activities and records
On 1 Jan. 1909, the CAM became the supreme French sports authority to regulate air vessels, air-craft vehicles with and without motors, and dragon kites (hang gliders). It was to approve special regulations, confirm tests and records, and issue licenses to operators and participants of competitions and was to sit with the sports commission of the Aero Club of France.
Flight reported in January 1909 that CAM, "the most important aviation committee in France"[3] was slated to divide labor with the Aéro-Club de France, such that it would take responsibility for "dirigibles and flying machines", while the Aéro-Club wold focus on ballooning.[4]
CAM adjucated the competitions at Reims Air Meet.[5]
In November 1909 the CAM officially recognized the following records:[6][7]
- Altitude: 300 m – Count de Lambert
- Speed: 200 km in 3h 42m 34s (≈ 54 km/h) – Henri Farman
- Distance: 234.212 km – Henri Farman
- Duration: 4h, 17m, 53.4s – Henri Farman
End
The CAM was dissolved on 18 June 1910 with the formation of the Commission Sportive Aeronautique or Commission for Aeronautic Sports.
Comments
It is unclear whether the Commission Aerienne Mixte was also the Commission Auto-Aerienne of the Automobile-Club de France or whether the Commission Auto-Aerienne of the Automobile Club de France led to the formation of the Commission Aerienne Mixte. The address was next door to the headquarters of the Automobile Club of Paris.
References
- ↑ Gustave Rives, Rapport sur Le Premier Salon de l'Aeronautique (1908), p. 17.
- ↑ L'Aérophile Vol. 17, No. 1, 1 January 1909, p. 24.
- ↑ "The C.A.M.", Flight, 9 January 1909, p. 25.
- ↑ "Commission Aerienne Mixte", Flight, 30 January 1909, p. 66.
- ↑ "Rheims Records as Officially Recorded", Flight, 2 October 1909, p. 613.
- ↑ Berriman, 1913, Aviation
- ↑ "Competitions and Records", Flight, 20 November 1909.
Other sources
- "Flight" Manual 14 (1910); Braunbeck's Sport-Lexicon: Luftschiffahrt, 1911, 242; 1910 Annuario dell' Aeronautica Primo 376 (Sept. 1910); 1910-1911 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 125 (Nov. 1910); Aéro-Manuel 1911 270, 485 (1 Oct. 1910)
Links
- "French Competition Rules of the C.A.M.", Flight, 27 February 1909, p. 124
| Organization names | Commission aérienne mixte; Aerial Mixed Commission |
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| Country | FR |
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| Affiliated with | Automobile-Club de France, Aéro-Club de France, Chambre Syndicale des Industries Aéronautique, Ligue Nationale Aérienne |
| Scope | Special National |
| Started aero | 1908-12 |
| Ended aero | 1910 |
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| Wikidata id |
- Address: 8, Place de la Concorde, Paris
|Cable address= |Phone=234-23 (1910) }}
