LOUIS C. BREGUET 1880-1955

Breguet at the wheel of his biplane, showing 10 passengers The eleventh passenger, a boy, is hidden in the photograph From WALDO: Pioneer Aviator

 

TWELVE IN A PLANE Scientific American, April 22, 1911 "On March 23rd, above the aerodrome of La Breyelle, at Douai, M. Breguet made a flight with eleven passengers, or, including himself, with twelve people in his biplane. Rising into the air without any perceptible difficulty, he made a straight-line flight of 5 kilometers (3.1 miles) at a speed of 90 kilometers (55.9 miles) an hour. The weight of the machine complete was 600 kilogrammes (1,322 3/4 pounds), and the live load transported was the same, so that a total weight of 2,645 1/2 pounds was carried through the air at express train speed for a distance of over three miles. The average weight of the passengers carried was 50 kilogrammes (110 1/4 pounds) We believe that this is the first time on record when the live load carried has equaled the complete weight of the machine. From WALDO: Pioneer Aviator

 

HILLER COPTER-NEWS Published monthly by the manufacturers of Hiller Helicopters Vol. 3 No. 8      PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA      August, 1952 Earliest Pioneers Dreamed of Vertical Flight Long Before Success of Fixed Wing Airplane On this page of the Hiller Aviation Museum website You will find a marvelous picture of the helicopter which Louis Breguet flew in 1907. You can access the page by clicking on: Louis Breguet You will find another picture of the helicopter which Louis Breguet flew in 1936. You can access the page by clicking on: Louis Breguet To read the rest of the story, with many photos, Just click on: Hiller Copter News Click on each of the photos on the right to see the enlarged version.

 

Breguet biplane, type 1910, flying over a town, possibly in Morocco between 1910-1915 Library of Congress Collection, 1-6-11

 

Louis C. Breguet died in 1955 From The Early Birds of Aviation Roster, 1996

 

Recommended Further Reading: WALDO: Pioneer Aviator A Personal History of American Aviation, 1910-1944 by Waldo Dean Waterman with Jack Carpenter Arsdalen, Bosch & Co.

 

Highly Recommended Links for Further Reading:   Biography: Louis C. Breguet ALLSTAR Network Editor's Note The ALLSTAR Network site (Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research) is designed as a resource for students and teachers. I find it to be very valuable and recommend it highly. It has an extensive collection of links to "Minorities in Aeronautics", "Heroes and People in Aeronautics", and "Aeronautical Organizations. You may visit the sites by clicking on the titles above.

 

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