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    Jules Charles Toussaint Védrines (29 December 1881 – 21 April 1919) was an early French aviator, notable for being the first pilot to fly at more than...
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    FIFA president Jules Shear (1952 - current), American singer, songwriter & guitarist Jules Védrines (1881–1919), French aviator Jules Verne (1828–1905)...
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    involved in organizing events such as the rooftop landing by French pilot Jules Védrines in 1919. In 1922, it opened arts workshops under the artistic direction...
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    several European air races of that summer. The winner was French aviator Jules Védrines, although his win, along with the rest of the race, were overshadowed...
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    aerodynamically clean design made from a pair of U-shaped plywood frames. Jules Védrines won the 1912 Gordon Bennett Trophy race in a Monocoque, with Maurice...
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    Jules Védrines in his Nieuport 16, armed with a Lewis, after clearing the front line of German observation balloons with the first rocket attack in history...
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    Circuit of Europe attracted huge audiences and successful pilots such as Jules Védrines and Claude Grahame-White became celebrities. Although the Wright brothers...
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    Châlons, France : 25  21 June 1911 82.693 133.136 : 25  13 January 1912 Jules Védrines 87.68 145.161 Deperdussin Monocoque Pau, France : 27  22 February 1912...
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    Deperdussin flying school, Brooklands John Cyril Porte - British Deperdussin Jules Védrines British-built Deperdussin, Flight Archive 3 August 1912 www.flightglobal...
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    during the early 1910s. The Blériot XXXVIbis La Vache was operated by Jules Védrines on several daring missions behind enemy lines in the early months of...
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