JULIEN FELIX 1895-1914

 

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES via email from Dave Lam, 3-5-07      Julien Felix earned French License # 270, getting it on 19 Oct 1910 on a Bleriot. At the time, he was an Army Captain.

 

"French Aviator Killed" Knoxville Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: June 18, 1914, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 3-2-07 "Chatres, France, June 17. - Major Julien Felix was killed today while testing a new self-righting aeroplane. When at a height of sixty feet, the machine turned and dropped to the ground. The cause of the accident is a mystery. Major Felix organized the French aviation squadron for service in Morocco."

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Julien Felix" +aviation -Henri, using the Google search engine, (3-6-07), you will find about 4 links, only one of which may be relevant.

 

Les Legihonneurs      On this page you will find the following entry: "JULIEN FELIX      13/05/1895      ILLE-ET-VILAINE; SOUGEAL"      I can't confrim that this is the same Felix who is the subject of this page, but I suspect that it is. You can access the page by clicking on the title above

 

Julien Felix died on June 17, 1914 Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back