Henri Fabre

Henri Fabre piloting Hydravion on 28 March 1910.

Henri Fabre (1882–1984) was a French inventor and aviator.

He is credited with making the first seaplane flight, in his aircraft Hydravion, on 28 March 1910.

Patents whose inventor or applicant is Henri Fabre

• Patent FR-1910-426486 (English title: Airplane surfaces easily removable, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1909-408030, Filing date: 1910-05-04)
• Patent FR-1910-426487 (English title: Hydroplane, Filing date: 1910-05-04)
• Patent FR-1910-426488 (English title: System intended to give a position of equilibrium to any part, more particularly applicable to airplanes, Filing date: 1910-05-04)
• Patent DE-1910-277426 (English title: Hydroaeroplane with multiple floats arranged one after the other, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-426487, Filing date: 1910-06-29)
• Patent CH-1910-53003 (English title: Hydro-aeroplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-426487, Filing date: 1910-07-27)
• Patent GB-1910-30111 (English title: Improvements in Flying Machines, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-426487, Filing date: 1910-12-28)
• Patent FR-1912-450929 (English title: Device for transforming an ordinary airplane into a marine or hydroplane airplane, Filing date: 1912-01-29)
• Patent FR-1912-455471 (English title: Marine airplane, Filing date: 1912-05-24)
• Patent FR-1912-426487.17387 (English title: Hydroplane; airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-426487, Filing date: 1912-06-07)
• Patent FR-1912-456013 (English title: Improvements to hydroplanes and application of these improvements to hydro-aeroplanes, Filing date: 1912-06-08)
• Patent BE-1912-09-07 Henri Fabre (English title: Device facilitating the departure or descent, either on land or on water, of an airplane, Filing date: 1912-09-07)
• Patent GB-1913-11675 (English title: Marine Aeroplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-455471, Filing date: 1913-05-20)
• Patent GB-1913-11676 (English title: Improvements in Hydroplanes and the Application of these Improvements to Hydro-aeroplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-456013, Filing date: 1913-05-20)
• Patent DE-1913-330012 (English title: Seaplane with center float and side floats, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-455471, Filing date: 1913-05-23)
• Patent DE-1913-330013 (English title: Seaplane with floats, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-455471, Filing date: 1913-05-23)
• Patent DE-1913-333438 (English title: Float for seaplanes, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1912-456013, Filing date: 1913-05-25)
• Patent FR-1913-462164 (English title: Device facilitating the departure or descent, either on land or on water, of an airplane, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1912-09-07 Henri Fabre, Filing date: 1913-09-03)
• Patent GB-1913-20308 (English title: Device for Facilitating the Rising and Descent of an Aeroplane from and on to either Land or Water, Supplementary to patent: Patent BE-1912-09-07 Henri Fabre, Filing date: 1913-09-08)

Publications by or about Henri Fabre

• Fabre, 1908, Poutres armées à faible réistance à l'air (Simple title: Armored beams with low air resistance, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Fabre, 1908, La résonance et les hélices aériennes (Simple title: Resonance and aerial propellers, Journal: L'Aérophile)
• Fabre, 1910, M. Henri Fabre's marine-aeroplane, etc (Simple title: M. Henri Fabre's marine-aeroplane, etc, Journal: Flight)
• Fabre, 1910, Henri Fabre - hydro-aéroplane (Simple title: Henri Fabre hydro-aéroplane, Journal: Aircraft)

Links

• w:fr:Henri Fabre (ingénieur),
• w:Henri Fabre
• Russell Naughton, "Henri Fabre (1882-1984)", Hargrave, 2002.