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List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1909

List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1909

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The Aéro-Club de France issued Aviators Certificates from 1 January 1910 on. These were internationally recognised under the authority of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Following a suggestion by Georges Besançon, the secretary of the Ae.C.F., the first eight French aviator's licences were awarded retrospectively dated on 7 January 1909 to Louis Blériot, Leon Delagrange, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Henry Farman, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Captain Ferdinand Ferber and Orville and Wilbur Wright.[1] These aviation pioneers had amply demonstrated their abilities and they were therefore not required to pass a test in order to receive a licence. Further licences were awarded on 17 August to Hubert Latham and Louis Paulhan, on 16 September to Paul Tissandier, on 7 October 1909 to Jean Gobron, Charles de Lambert and Glenn Curtiss, and on 18 November to Maurice Farman and Henri Rougier.

The first sixteen licences were retrospectively numbered in alphabetical order, with Blériot receiving licence No. 1 and Wilbur Wright receiving No. 15 (No. 13 was not awarded, and numbers 5[lower-alpha 1] and 10[lower-alpha 2] were duplicated)

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  •   Individual was killed in an aviation accident.
  •   Individual was killed flying in military action.
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Notes

  1. 5-bis was allocated to keep the original list of honorary awards in alphabetical order
  2. Tissander was original allocated No. 13 but this was changed to 10-bis due to Triskaidekaphobia

References

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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 36. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 37. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 38. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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    Lam, Dave, p.10
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    Lam, Dave, p.13
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    Champagne|Berceau De L'Aviation Du Monde...Jean Gobron Retrieved 4 May 2016
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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 39. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 41. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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    "Liste Alphabétique de Pilotes-Aviateurs" [Alphabetical List of Pilot-Aviators]. L'Aérophile (in French). Paris: 42. 1 January 1911. Retrieved 11 December 2013.
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    Champagne|Berceau De L'Aviation Du Monde...Etienne Bunau-Varilla Retrieved 4 May 2016

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