Octave Chanute

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Octave Chanute (b. 1832 in Paris) was one of the most important aeronautical inventors and networkers before the invention of the airplane.[1]

* {{US patent|582757}}, ''Means for Aerial Flight'', Chanute filed the patent on behalf of Louis Mouillard, with one-half being assigned to Chanute.
* {{US patent|606187}}, ''Soaring Machine'', William Paul Butusov, Chanute collaborated and paid for the patent process and was assigned one-half.

;U.K. patents
* [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?DB=EPODOC&II=5&ND=3&adjacent=true&locale=en_gb&FT=D&date=18980402&CC=GB&NR=189713372A&KC=A 13372] (flying machine, c.1897)
* 13373 (flying machine, c.1897)
* 15221 (flying machine, c.1897)

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