Louis Capazza
Louis-Henri Capazza was an aeronaut-inventor from Corsica and founder of the Aéro-Club de Belgique.[1]
Capazza and Alphonse Fondère crossed the Mediterranean by balloon on 14 November 1886.
Capazza designed an aerostat with a safety parachute. This invention was patented internationally; and adopted by a Colonel Philippe and successfully tested at La Villette on 11 July 1892.[2]
He was an advocate in 1890 of international aeronautics cooperation for meteorology (i.e. the International Commission for Scientific Aeronautics, but we don't know the extent of his connection with that body).[2]
Alphonse Berget credits Capazza with inventing the LTA-airplane hybrid he calls ballon planeur. The "lenticular" shape of the balloon (theoretically) enables it to also play the role of an aeroplane.[3]
In 1908 he was directing the aeronautics division of Établissements Bayard-Clément. (See Adolphe Clément-Bayard; we might not yet have a page for his company.)[2]
He also filed some patents internationally related to paper manufacturing.
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Louis Capazza
- Patent FR-1895-250612 (English title: complete system rescue system for aerial navigation)
- Patent DE-1884-32648 (English title: Airship, Filing date: 1884-12-11)
- Patent LU-1884-473 (English title: Capazza aerostat, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1891-215265, Filing date: 1884-12-10)
- Patent ES-1885-5064 (English title: Aerial navigation apparatus, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1895-250612, Filing date: 1885-05-22)
- Patent FR-1891-215265 (English title: aerostat parachute system called the Capazza Aerostat-Rescuer, Filing date: 1891-08-01)
- Patent GB-1892-3883 (English title: Combined Parachute and Aërostat, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1891-215265, Filing date: 1892)
- Patent IT-1892-32101 (English title: Aerostat-parachute, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1891-215265, Filing date: 1892-06-13)
- Patent DE-1892-68761 (English title: Airship with car borne by parachute, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1891-215265, Filing date: 1892-06-15)
- Patent US-1893-496854 (English title: Aerostatic parachute, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1891-215265 • Patent GB-1892-3883, Filing date: 1892-07-01)
Publications by or about Louis Capazza
- Capazza, 1899, Traversée de la Méditerranée en ballon (Simple title: Balloon crossing of the Mediterranean)
- Capazza, 1899, Traversée de la Méditerranée en ballon (Simple title: Balloon crossing of the Mediterranean)
- Lagrange, 1908, Portraits d'aeronautes contemporains. Louis Capazza, Adolphe Clément (Simple title: Portraits of contemporary aeronauts. Louis Capazza, Adolphe Clément, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Publication 5349, 1908, Die Gordon-Bennett-Fahrer in Berlin (Simple title: The Gordon-Bennett race in Berlin, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
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| Names | Louis Capazza; Louis-Henri Capazza |
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| Birth date | 1861-01-17 |
| Death date | 1928-12-28 |
| Countries | FR, BE |
| Locations | Bastia, Corsica; Belgium; Paris |
| Occupations | aeronaut |
| Tech areas | Balloon, LTA, Hybrid, Airfoil, Parachute, Meteorology |
| Affiliations | Aéro-Club de Belgique |
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