Hubert Le Blon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hubert Le Blon

French racing driver, aviator

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1874

Place of Birth: Boulogne-Billancourt, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 02-Apr-1910

Profession: engineer, aircraft pilot, racing automobile driver

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Hubert Le Blon (21 March 1874 – 2 April 1910) was a French automobilist and pioneer aviator.
He drove a steam-powered Gardner-Serpollet in the early 1900s, and then switched to Hotchkiss for both the world's first Grand Prix at Le Mans in France and the inaugural Targa Florio in Sicily.
At the Vanderbilt Cup races on Long Island he competed for the USA driving a ThomasWithin weeks of setting a new aviation speed record in Egypt he died during an exhibition flight at San Sebastián, Spain.
His first aircraft design, the "Humber monoplane (Le Blon type)", was displayed at the Olympia Aero Exhibition in 1910.