Emile Aubrun

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Emile Aubrun (1881 - 1967) France On the Champagne | Berceau de l'aviation du Monde website, you will find a very helpful biography, fully illustrated with photographs. If you read French, you can access the site by clicking on the title above. If you need an English translation, click on:

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Product Details
Hard: 660 pages
Price: Out of Print - Used copies occasionally available online.
Publisher: EDIZIONI - AERONAUTICA 1936

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Excerpt
Courtesy of Giovanni Giorgetti, 7-30-11 Italian

AUBRUN EUGENIO EMILIO. - Nato il 25 agosto 1881 a Brunoy, conseguì il suo brevetto (N. 21) il 6 gennaio 1910 su aeroplano Bleriot. Laureatosi ingegnere e consacratosi all'aviazione dette buone prove a Buenos Ayres ed a Reims nel 1910. Nel circuito dell'est si classificò secondo dopo Leblanc, dopo di che passò alla Ditta Deperdussin, assumendo la direzione delle officine. Nel 1912 eseguì importanti esperimenti sulla esplorazione del mare con aeroplani e si distinse alle manovre aeree francesi. Decorato della Legion d'Onore.

English

He was born in August 25, 1881 in Brunoy (France). He took out his pilot's license (N° 21) in January 6, 1910 by a Bleriot airplane. After graduating engineer he devoted him self to aviation and gave good result in Buenos Aires and Reims in 1910. He came second after Leblanc in the Eastern Circuit and then he went to Deperdussin Company, taking over the shops. In 1912 he carried out some important experiments on the exploration of the sea by planes and distinguished him self at French aerial manoeuvres. He was decorated with the Legion of Honour..

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