Firmin Bousson

RdBdI entry for Patent BE-1900-149222 making reference via filing date to Patent FR-1899-292828

Firmin Bousson was an aero inventor in Paris. His signature invention was the "auto-aviateur", an flying-machine/airplane, with some flapping capability, equipped with four wheels and petroleum engine, and suspended below a cylindrical balloon. The machine was tested at Avron plateau (near Paris; see w:fr:Plateau d'Avron) in October 1900, without greatly positive results.

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Firmin Bousson

• Patent FR-1899-292828 (English title: Apparatus intended towards mechanical flight, called the auto-aviator, Filing date: 1899-09-26)
• Patent AT-1901-6325 (English title: Flying machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1899-292828, Filing date: 1900-01-03)
• Patent DE-1900-120712 (English title: Aircraft with mechanically operated flapping wings arranged one above the other in vertical rows, Filing date: 1900-01-05)
• Patent DE-1900-123165 (English title: Device for free-hanging of flying machines on balloons, Filing date: 1900-01-06)
• Patent DE-1900-122961 (English title: Balloon with inner insert balloon, Filing date: 1900-01-07)
• Patent BE-1900-149222 (English title: Device intended for mechanical flight called: The Auto-Aviator, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1899-292828, Filing date: 1900-04-13)
• Patent CH-1900-21518 (English title: Device intended for mechanical flight, Filing date: 1900-04-17)
• Patent ES-1900-25861 (English title: Apparatus for mechanical flight called Auto-Aviator, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1899-292828, Filing date: 1900-04-21)

Publications by or about Firmin Bousson

• Publication 1009, 1901, L'auto-aviateur de Bousson (Simple title: Bousson's self-aviator, Journal: La Vie Scient.)

More sources: [1]; [2]; [3]; [4]; [5]; [6]

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Names	Firmin Bousson
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Countries	AT, BE, CH, DE, FR
Locations	Paris
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Tech areas	LTA, Flapping, Propellers, Propulsion, Control
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