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The Éole
Today, 121 years ago, Frenchman Clement Ader’s steam-powered airplane flew for the first time. Yes, you are correct in your math if you said that was 13 years before the Wrights flew. And yes, it was a steam-powered airplane. Ader … Continue reading →
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Tagged a steam-powered airplane, airplanes, aviation history, barnstormers, Brothers George and William Besler, clean emissions, flying, Frenchman Clement Ader, internal combustion engine, Lead-based fossil fuels, open cockpit biplanes, the Besler Steam Airplane, the Doble Steam Motors Company, The Éole, the First World War, the Travel Air 2000, the Wrights, very quiet operation, William Besler
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