 Nordic Europe: the other area of the pioneers of aviation (late 19th-1914)Europe nordique: l’autre espace des pionniers de l’aviation (fin XIXe-1914)Jean-Marc Olivier ()
Post-Print from HAL Abstract: This article presents the main pioneers of aviation in Nordic space before 1914. These were particularly numerous and they frequently maintained close ties with the great pioneering nation for aircraft: France. Some, such as the Danish Jacob Ellehammer, were even considered to be precursors on a par with the Wright brothers or Blériot. These first nordic pilots often came from backgrounds that were very open to technical culture and the organization of shows to promote it. They performed their exploits in the service of nations that wished to develop better control of their territory. To this end, the Scandinavian, Finnish, Russian or Baltic leaders did not hesitate to finance bold projects whose military impact could have been interesting. Keywords: Aircraft; Pilot flights; four-engine; biplane; pioneer; Jacob Ellehammer; Carl Cederström; Karl Adolf Aarno; Georg Unné; Theodor Wilhelm Franz Meybaum; Émile Salmson; Tryggve Gran; Igor Sikorsky; aviation; avion; pilote; pionnier; biplan; quadrimoteur (search for similar items in EconPapers) Published in Revue d'histoire nordique = Nordic historical review, 2018, 25 There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-02065506 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Post-Print from HAL |
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