Société (Provisoire) de Navigation Aérienne
Formed 15 Jan. 1864 as the Société (Provisoire) de Navigation Aérienne [aka Société (Provisoire) d'Aviation], (Provisional Society for Aerial Navigation). this body lasted for a only short time, evolving that same year into a more formally constituted body, the Société d'encouragement pour la locomotion aérienne au moyen d'appareils plus lourds que l'air.
The provisional body was formed by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (aka Nadar), Gabriel de La Landelle, and the Vice Count Gustave-Louis-Marie de Ponton d'Amécourt, at a meeting of the house of the latter that drew some 60 interested persons.[1][2]
The provisional society's officers were as follows:[2]
- Président: Jean-Augustin Barral
- Vice-présidents: Nadar, Ponton d'Amécourt, Gabriel de la Landelle
- Rapporteurs: Jules Verne, Eugène Moreau
- Secrétaires: MM. Saint-Edme, Laufaurie, Léon Delair, Escoffier-Auray
- Conseil judiciare: Félix Thellier, Schayé, Frédéric Thomas
Its headquarters were at 35, boulevard des Capucines.[2]
The provisional group met on 22 and 29 April, and 6, 12, and 17 May, on the latter two dates deciding on a name for the society and electing its officers.[2]
Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (aka Nadar) was the founder of L'Aéronaute in 1863, of which only five numbers appeared, the last apparently in 1867. A second publication under the same name, L'Aéronaute, was founded in 1868 by Abel Hureau de Villeneuve, and a note in its Vol. 1 at p. 93 attributes the invention of the word "Aviation" (from the Latin "avis" and "actio") to de la Landelle.[1]
References
| Organization names | Society for Aerial Navigation (Provisional) : Société (Provisoire) de Navigation Aérienne; aka Society for Aviation (Provisional) : Societe (Provisoire) d'Aviation |
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| Entity type | |
| Country | France |
| City | Paris |
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| Scope | Local |
| Started aero | 1864 |
| Ended aero | 1864 |
| Keywords | heavier-than-air, club |
| Key people | Nadar, Jean-Augustin Barral, Jules Verne, Eugène Moreau, Léon Delair, Félix Thellier, Frédéric Thomas, Gustave-Louis-Marie de Ponton d'Amécourt, Gabriel de la Landelle |
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