Société française de navigation aérienne
The Société française de navigation aérienne (SFNA) (French Society of Aerial Navigation) was formed 12 Aug. 1872 by officers who had resigned 25 July 1872 from la Société Aéronautique et Météorologique de France.[1] This schism arose from conflicting viewpoints on the future of aircraft, with SFNA wanting to restore some emphasis to lighter-than-air vessels.[2]
(Note that the Sociétés Savantes de France puts the founding as 12 Sept. 1873.)[3]
Abel Hureau de Villeneuve transferred the allegiance of the periodical L'Aéronaute to the new society, which adopted L'Aéronaute as its official journal. The Société Française was recognized as a public utility on 14 March 1902. In 1902, its quarters were noted as having a library of specialized volumes, an electric photographic projection device, a museum of built devices, and it apparently had indoor plumbing. On 1 March 1911, L'Aéronaute was absorbed by La Technique Aéronautique and the latter became the society's official journal.
J. Crocé-Spinelli, who had been vice president of Société Aérostatique et Météorologique de France before his resignation, became the first president. (We have not yet established the roles of the other officers who resigned that society and presumably helped form the Société française de navigation aérienne: i.e., Motard, A. Saco, F. Michel, O. Frion, and Félix Caron; none, including Crocé-Spinelli, appeared to be in the latter in 1910.
In 1906, membership totaled 103 and by then the Society had an excellent library and museum. In 1910, membership was 166; the French Minister of Public Instruction was honorary president and Général Bonnal was president. There were three committees: aerostation, aviation, and motors. On the aviation committee were J. Armengaud, Louis Blériot, Émile Borel, Gustave Eiffel, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, L. Marchis, H. Passerat, Auguste Rateau, and Soreau, while on the motors committee were Marcel Armengaud, Alfred Boyer-Giullon, Clerget, Joseph-Michel-Ambroise Farcot, Étienne Haufeurt, Léon Lecornu, Victor Lorenc, and one of the Regnards, possibly Paul-Louis-Antoine Regnard.
Founded the École française de navigation aérienne.[4]
Affiliated with AeCF, 1908 or earlier
Berget may have been president ca. 1909-1910.
Auguste Camille Edmond Rateau was president, likely sometime later.[5]
- Address: Office at 10 Rue de la Pépinière (1902; information placing it there in 1909 appears incorrect) and Hôtel de la Société des Ingénieurs Civils de France, 19 Rue Blanche, Paris (at least 1906-1907, perhaps to 1910). Sécretariat Général at 5 Rue Ballu, Paris (1910)
Relations with foreign societies
This group was in communication with aeronautical societies in Great Britain, New York, and Havana, as well as the Société d'aviation de Lyon. Heureau de Villeneuve notes in L'Aéronaute frontmatter that he will forward communications to these groups.[6]
Officers
Presidents:[7]
- J. Crocé-Spinelli, 1872;
- Pierre Jules César Janssen, 1873;
- Hervé Mangon, 1874;
- Paul Bert, 1875;
- Colonel Laussedat, 1876;
- Gustave-Louis-Marie de Ponton d'Amécourt, 1877
- Abel Hureau de Villeneuve, 1878
- Senator Rampont, 1879
- Charles Renard, 1880
- Gaston Tissandier, 1881
- David Napoli 1882
- General Perrier, 1883
- Étienne-Jules Marey, 1884
- Jules Jamin, 1885
- Senator Berthelot, 1886
- Marcel Deprez, 1887
- Rigaut (Eugène Rigaut?), 1888
- Edmond Frémy, 1889
- Yves Guyot, 1890
- Colonel P. Touche, 1891
- Alexandre Arson, 1892
- Senator Spuller, 1893
- Alfred Cornu, 1894
- "M. le général de division du génie Parmentier" (Joseph-Charles-Théodore Parmentier?), 1895
- Senator Paul Decauville, 1896
- Radau, membre de l'Institut, 1897
- Wilfrid de Fonvielle, 1898–1899
- Pierre Jules César Janssen (again?), 1900
- Prince Roland Bonaparte 1901
Sources
Pocket-Book of Aeronautics 442 (English ed., Jan. 1907); 1:5 Aeronautics (NYC) 44 (1907); 1:6 Aeronautics (NYC) 37 (1907); 2:3 Aeronautics (NYC) 37 (1908); 1909 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 92; 1909 Motor Cyclopaedia YB 110 Misc.; 1910-1911 Jane's All the World's Aircraft 124, 125 (Nov. 1910); Aéro-Manuel 1911 225, 496-498 (1 Oct. 1910); Dir 1920
References
- ↑ 28 Journal of the RAeS 644-646 (1924
- ↑ De Oliveira, 2019.
- ↑ Sociétés Savantes de France 286-287 (1902)
- ↑ L'Aéronaute, June 1895, p. 122.
- ↑ Auguste Camille Edmond Rateau on French Wikipedia
- ↑ September 1878, p. 282.
- ↑ L'Aéronaute, 35(12), December 1902, p. 318.
Organization names | French Society of Aerial Navigation : Société française de navigation aérienne (SFNA) |
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Entity type | |
Country | France |
City | Paris |
Affiliated with | AeCF, École française de navigation aérienne |
Scope | National |
Started aero | 1872 |
Ended aero | at least 1924 |
Keywords | |
Key people | Abel Hureau de Villeneuve |
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People affiliated with Société française de navigation aérienne
- Abel Hureau de Villeneuve (Occupations: Engineer • Editor)
- Aimé Laussedat (Occupations: Military officer, Tech areas: Photography)
- Alexandre Arson (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Engine • Gas)
- Alphonse Berget (Occupations: Scientist • Author, Tech areas: Atmosphere • Meteorology)
- Auguste Camille Edmond Rateau (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Propellers • LTA • HTA • Torpedo • Marine • Submarine • Motors)
- Édouard Surcouf (Occupations: Engineer • Balloon maker, Tech areas: LTA • Balloon • Propulsion • Photography • Navigation • School)
- Étienne-Jules Marey (Occupations: Physician • Physiologist, Tech areas: Aerodynamics • Physiology • Photography)
- Gustave-Louis-Marie de Ponton d'Amécourt (Occupations: Nobility, Tech areas: Helicopter • Orthopter • Propeller)
- Joseph Crocé-Spinelli (Tech areas: LTA)
- Joseph Lecornu (Occupations: Engineer • Professor, Tech areas: Kite)
- Jules Jamin (Occupations: Professosr, Tech areas: Physics)
- Jules-Alexis-Marie Armengaud (Occupations: Patent agent • Engineer, Tech areas: Heavier-than-air)
- Marcel Armengaud (Occupations: Engineer, Tech areas: Airplane • Aerodynamics)
- Marcel Deprez
- P. Touche (Occupations: Military officer, Tech areas: Aerodynamics • Air resistance)
- Rodolphe Soreau (Occupations: Engineer • Author, Tech areas: LTA • Airplane)
Publications by or about Société française de navigation aérienne
- Société Française de Navigation Aérienne, , Headquarters, hôtel des ingénieurs civils de France, 19 rue Blanche, Paris (Simple title: Headquarters, hotel of civil engineers of France, 19 rue Blanche, Paris, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Société Française de Navigation Aérienne, 1872, Adoption du projet statutaire (Simple title: Adoption of the statutory project, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Publication 10196, 1872, Règlement de la Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: Regulation of the French Society of Air Navigation, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Frion, 1886, Jules Jamin (Simple title: Jules Jamin, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Publication 3926, 1893, École française de navigation aérienne. Fondée par le Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: French School of Air Navigation. Founded by the French Society of Air Navigation, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Cléry, 1895, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne séance du jeudi 20 juin 1895. Discussion du rapport (Simple title: French Air Navigation Society meeting of Thursday, June 20th, 1895. Discussion of the report, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Fonvielle, 1895, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne. Séance du jeudi 20 juin 1895 (Simple title: French Society of Air Navigation. Session of Thursday, June 20, 1895, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Cabalzar, 1896, À la Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: To the French Society of Air Navigation, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Publication 3712, 1899, Donation faite par le peintre aérien Henry Dumoutet pour le musée des voyages aériens de la Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: Donation made by the air painter Henry Dumoutet for the air travel museum of the French Society of Air Navigation, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Nuville, 1900, Société française de navigation aérienne (Simple title: Société française de navigation aérienne, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Aimé, 1901, A travers les sociétés aéronautiques (Simple title: Through the aeronautical companies, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Société Française, 1906, Saisoneröffnung der 'Société Française de Navigation Aérienne' (Simple title: Season opening of the 'Société française de navigation aérienne', Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Fonvielle, 1907, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: Société française de navigation aérienne, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Publication 11332, 1908, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (Simple title: French Air Navigation Society, Journal: Cosmos)
- Fonvielle, 1908, Von der Société Française (Simple title: From the Société Française, Journal: Wien. Luftsch. Zeit.)
- Armengaud jeune, 1909, Le Problème de l'Aviation (Simple title: Le Problème de l'Aviation, Deuxième édition.)
- Bréguet, 1908, A la Société Française de Navigation Aérienne. (La conférence de M. L. Bréguet.) (Simple title: To the French Society of Air Navigation. (The conference of Mr. L. Bréguet.), Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
- Fonvielle, 1909, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (1) (Simple title: French Society of Air Navigation (1), Journal: Cosmos)
- Fonvielle, 1909, Société Française de Navigation Aérienne (2) (Simple title: French Society of Air Navigation (2), Journal: Cosmos)
- De Oliveira, 2019 (Simple title: Martyrs made in the sky, Journal: Notes and Records)