Jean-Marie Le Bris
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Diagram page of Patent FR-1857-31166
Jean-Marie Le Bris (25 March 1817 – 17 February 1872) was a French aviator, and aero-inventor, born in Concarneau, Brittany, later residing in and filing from Douarnenez (Finistère).[1][2] He is credited with making the first glider flight.[3]
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Jean-Marie Le Bris
- Patent FR-1857-31166 (English title: aerial car, Filing date: 1857-03-09)
Publications by or about Jean-Marie Le Bris
- Landelle, 1884, La marche rationnelle en aviation (Simple title: The logcical advancement of aviation, Journal: L'Aéronaute)
- Lecornu, 1902, Les cerfs-volants (Simple title: Les cerfs-volants)
References
- ↑ Thierry Le Roy, "Jean-Marie Le Bris et sa barque ailée", Aérostories, 2002.
- ↑ Patent FR-1857-31166
- ↑ Black, 1943, pp. 30–31. "The first successful glide is believed to have been made in France by a sea captain by the name of Le Bris. The report of this glide originally came out through the publication of a novel of the period; hence doubt arose regarding its authenticity. Octave Chanute, who made an investigation of the report, became convinced, however, that the novelist had based this part of his story upon the actual happening. Le Bris is supposed to have studied the flights of the albatross on the French coast and decided to construct a glider patterned after one of these large birds. This he evidently did, and from all accounts it must have been a fearful and wonderful device. Yet the apparently authenticated reports say that Le Bris actually did make a glide about an eighth of a mile on a main road near Douarnenez in about 1855. A man of small means, he had no funds to continue the work and after damaging a couple of gliders he was forced to give up his efforts. No extensive interest seems to have been taken in the work at that time, since this was the period when interest centered mainly upon the balloon."
Sources
- INPI France Advanced Research Page
- Jean-Marie Le Bris on English Wikipedia
- Jean-Marie Le Bris on French Wikipedia
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| Names | Jean-Marie Le Bris; Jean Le Bris |
|---|---|
| Birth date | 1817-03-25 |
| Death date | 1872-02-17 |
| Countries | FR |
| Locations | Douarnenez, département Finistère, France |
| Occupations | pilot, Ship Captain |
| Tech areas | HTA, Wings, Flapping, Design, Glider |
| Affiliations | |
| Wikidata id | Q1566527 |
