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Pioneer Aviator
1884 - 1976
Born in Paris in 1884, Maurice Tabuteau
received his flying licence in 1910 with the No 128.
He was a professional and highly successful aviator in the years 1910, 1911,
and 1912, which followed Bleriot's channel crossing,
and lead to Garros' epic crossing of the Mediterranean.
In those few short years, aviation's distance, speed and
altitude records litterally exploded.
Maurice Tabuteau won the Michelin cup in 1910, following Wilbur Wright in
1908, and Henri Farman in 1909.
He also won the Deutsch prize,and many others ...
Whether it be the first air shows,the first air "raids", the first
Morane aeroplane, the beginnings of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the birth
of the French air force,the R.F.C. (Royal Flying Corps) or the U.S.Air Force,
Maurice Tabuteau was there.
Many fascinating documents,letters,photos and maps from that period, and an
autobiography unknown even to his relatives have been put together, awaiting
publication including many letters from Farman,Morane,
Saulnier, Sir George White, U.S. Air Force Colonel Muhlenberger, Ernest Archdeacon,
Poet Edmond Rostand, the duke of Beaufort and others.
Please contact via E-mail
: denitab@wanadoo.fr ,
Write to
Denis Tabuteau
21 allee Degas
77190 Dammarie-lès-Lys
France