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    Alfred Leblanc (13 April 1869 – 22 November 1921) was a pioneer French aviator. He was born on 13 April 1869 in Paris. In 1888, he became the technical...
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    Souchon explains that the recipe was shared to them by the cook of Count Alfred Leblanc de Chatauvillard. Whatever the veracity of either story, the concept...
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    Léon Morane 66.154 106.508 Blériot Reims, France : 13  29 October 1910 Alfred Leblanc 68.171 109.756 Blériot XI New York, New York, US : 13  12 April 1911...
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    company's entries for competitions were flown by other pilots, including Alfred Leblanc, who had managed the logistics of the cross-channel flight, and subsequently...
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    1911, when he was taken for a flight in a Blériot monoplane piloted by Alfred Leblanc. On 21 May 1911, Deutsch was injured, and French Minister of War Maurice...
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    Georgette Leblanc (8 February 1869 – 27 October 1941) was a French operatic soprano, actress, author, and the sister of novelist Maurice Leblanc. She became...
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    days, October 22–31, 1910. Featured aviators included Wilbur Wright, Alfred Leblanc, Émile Aubrun, René Simon, John Moisant and Claude Grahame-White. The...
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    the competition. Blériot, accompanied by two mechanics and his friend Alfred Leblanc, arrived in Calais on Wednesday 21 July and set up their base at a farm...
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    followed by Alec Ogilvie flying a Wright Model R at 9:08 and Alfred Leblanc at 9:20. Leblanc, who was the chief pilot for the Blériot company, was flying...
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    in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Swedish: Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an economics award...
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