RENE COZIC -1925

RENÉ COZIC from Veckojournalen den 21. maj 1911 (oversćttelse fra svensk)

 

René Cozic, September 21, 1910 Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

 

René Cozic in a Voisin Racer September 21, 1910 Collection of Jean-Pierre Lauwers

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES from Jean-Pierre Lauwers 11/30/02      At the Bruges postcard fair recently, I finally bought a René Cozic postcard, Belgian license n° 23. I had known it to be available for several months, but first had to check my pilots list to be sure he was a Belgian.      The postcard was made by a photographer from Deinze (Belgium) and annotated in old handwriting René Cozic/ 21 September 1910!      But apart of this real old photo postcard, I haven't found any biography for him! Again, a very rare postcard to find!      All I know is that he is noted to have died in the Jules de Laminne list (released 1938!) and he must have suffered a natural death, that is, he was not killed in a crash nor was he a victim of service in WWI.        In the picture above, René is seen sitting in his Voisin Racer. It is missing the bowtop high rudders! I guess this was to minimize lift, so it wouldn't fly. It was surely a flight-school plane which was used for ground rolling as a part of flight education..When the hight rudders were replaced, the plane could fly. Admittedly a minor detail, but September 1910 was about a month and a half before he got his license!

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "René Cozic" , using the Google search engine, (6-14-11), you will find about 417 links, many of them being quite helpful. Many of them are written in Swedish, but English translated versions are often available. Among the most helpful are the following.

 

Cozic in His Machine Veckojournalen den 21. maj 1911 (oversćttelse fra svensk)

The first flights across the Sound 1910-11      This page appears to be written in Swedish, which I don't read, but you can access a translated version directly from the Google page. On it you will find the story of the first flight from Malmo to Copenhagen which was made by a Belgian named Rene Cozic. The event was featured in excited tones of the Swedish weekly "Veckojournalen" which on 21 May 1911 had the following article. To read the article, click on the title above.

Impressario WILLIAME - Aviator COZIC - Mechanic MELGARA Veckojournalen den 21. maj 1911 (oversćttelse fra svensk)

 

Torslanda Airfield      This page is written in Swedish, which I don't read, but you can access a translated version directly from the Google page. This includes some details of his career which were not available to me when I first built his page back in 2004.

 

Cozic died on May 3, 1925 Personal Communication from Yves Duwelz(BAHA) Per Jean-Pierre Lauwers, 12-8-02   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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