biography
pronunciation:
[adair]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1841–1926)
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| biography:
| Engineer and pioneer of aviation, born in Muret, S France. In 1890 he built a steam-powered bat-winged aeroplane, the Eole, which made the first powered take-off in history, but it could not be steered, and flew for no more than 50 m/160 ft. |
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