Léon Lemartin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Léon Lemartin

French aviator

Date of Birth: 20-Oct-1883

Place of Birth: Dunes, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 18-Jun-1911

Profession: engineer, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Léon Lemartin

  • Théodore Clovis Edmond Lemartin, known as Léon Lemartin (20 October 1883 Dunes, Tarn-et-Garonne – 18 June 1911, Vincennes) was a pioneer aviator who set a world record on 3 February 1911 at Pau, France when he carried seven passengers in a Blériot XIII Aerobus.
  • He then took eight, eleven and thirteen passengers aloft the following month.The son of a blacksmith, in 1902 he became a graduate Gadz'Art, an engineer of 'Arts and Crafts' of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) – a prestigious university (grande ecole) specialising in engineering.
  • His aeronautic career included working with Gabriel Voisin, the Seguin brothers, Henri Farman, Ernest Archdeacon and Louis Blériot.
  • He was present when Blériot made the historic first crossing of the English channel in 1909.
  • On 4 October 1910 he was awarded Aviator's Certificate number 249 by the Aéro-Club de France. On 24 May 1911, three weeks before his death, he reportedly surpassed the world speed record although it was never officially recognized.
  • He achieved 128.418 km/h (79.795 mph) over the 33 kilometres (21 mi) flight between Etampes and Toury in a Blériot using his own enhancements to the Gnome Omega 50 hp (37 kW) motor.He died in a crash on 18 June 1911 during the Paris–London–Paris leg of Le Circuit Européen (Tour of Europe) air race.
  • He was still within sight of the reportedly 'up to 1 million' spectators at the take-off in Vincennes.

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