Godwin Meade Pratt Swift, Viscount of Carlingford
Godwin Meade Pratt Swift, Viscount of Carlingford was an aero inventor, an Irish Viscount, of Carlingford, a relative of Jonathan Swift. His "aerial chariot", the first aircraft patented in Ireland, was tested it by launching it from the top of Foulksrath Castle on English Wikipedia via a catapult with his butler as the pilot.
That is, in 1857, Swift patented the first aircraft in Ireland. He called the device an "aerial chariot" and tested it by launching it from the top of Foulkrath Castle via a catapult with his butler as the pilot. The plane immediately nosedived to the ground. The butler survived, but with multiple broken bones.[1][2][3]
We have him as addressed, and filing from, place de Rivoli, 3, Paris, département Seine, France.[4] This was likely temporary, or otherwise contextual.
(NOTE: There is a "Carlington" listed within SUBJECT-MATTER INDEX OF PATENTS FOR INVENTION FRANCE 1791-1876 INCLUSIVE T 271 .D 1883 Copy 1, pertaining I believe to the same "aerial car/chariot". Both "Carlingford" and "Carlington" check out, in a pertinent and overlapping manner, within Anglo-French sources on British earl and/or (vis)count histories. INPI simply mentions "CARLINGFORD" whereas the SUBJECT-MATTER INDEX simply mentions "Carlington".)
References
- ↑ Foulksrath Castle on English Wikipedia
- ↑ Kilkenny People (20 June 2012). "Swift's Heath"
- ↑ See also Excell, John (5 September 2006). "Curiosities from 150 years of The Engineer archive". The Engineer
- ↑ Patent FR-1857-32008
Sources
- the 19th Century advanced search page of inpi.fr, searched via "CARLINGFORD", per se
- INPI basic data on this patent
- Foulksrath Castle on English Wikipedia
- Viscount Carlingford on English Wikipedia
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Godwin Meade Pratt Swift, Viscount of Carlingford
- Patent FR-1856-SEE SAME SURNAME IN FR (English title: Flying apparatus)
- Patent GB-1856-2993 (English title: Flying machine, Filing date: 1856)
- Patent FR-1857-32008 (English title: Aerial Chariot, Filing date: 1857-05-05)
| Names | Godwin Meade Pratt Swift, Viscount of Carlingford |
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| Countries | FR, GB, IE |
| Locations | Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland ; Foulksrath Castle, Jenkinstown; County Kilkenny, Ireland ; Paris, département Seine, France |
| Occupations | nobility |
| Tech areas | HTA, Whole, Method, Airplane, Wings, Gliders |
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