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    language. Jean Marie Le Bris was born in Concarneau, Brittany, France on 25 March 1817 at 5AM local time. He was the third child of Michel Marie Le Bris, boat...
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  • Le Bris, or Bris, is a surname, and may refer to: Gilbert Le Bris (1949–), French politician Jean Marie Le Bris (1817–1879), French sea captain and aviation...
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  • diplomat Jean-Marie Guyau (1854–1888), a French philosopher and poet Jean-Marie Halsdorf (born 1957), a Luxembourgian politician Jean-Marie Le Bris (1817–1872)...
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    successful passenger-carrying glider in 1853. In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first powered flight, by having his glider "L'Albatros artificiel"...
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    European pioneers such as George Cayley's coachman in England (1853) and Jean-Marie Le Bris in France (1856). Although Montgomery never claimed firsts, his gliding...
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    book The Empire Of The Air (l'Empire de l'Air). In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first flight higher than his point of departure, by having...
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    even dreamed of the first Aerial Transit Company. In 1856, Frenchman Jean-Marie Le Bris made the first flight higher than his point of departure, by having...
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    from around 1849. Thereafter gliders were built by pioneers such as Jean Marie Le Bris, John J. Montgomery, Otto Lilienthal, Percy Pilcher, Octave Chanute...
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  • a human-powered airplane L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868 "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for...
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    in history aboard his Monoplane in 1874. He was a contemporary of Jean-Marie Le Bris. Félix du Temple entered the French Navy Academy (École Navale) in...
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