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Airship
An airship or dirigible balloon is a type of aerostat or lighter-than-air aircraft that can navigate through the air under its own power.
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Alberto Santos-Dumont
Alberto Santos-Dumont (20 July 187323 July 1932, usually referred to as simply Santos-Dumont) was a Brazilian inventor and aviation pioneer, one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air and heavier-than-air aircraft.
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Élancourt
Élancourt is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France.
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Eugène Bourdon
Eugène Bourdon (18081884) was a French watchmaker and engineer.
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French people
The French (Français) are a Latin European ethnic group and nation who are identified with the country of France.
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Giffard dirigible
The Giffard dirigible or Giffard airship was an airship built in France in 1852 by Henri Giffard, the first powered and steerable (French: dirigeable - "directable") airship to fly.
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Injector
A steam injector is typically used to deliver cold water to a boiler against its own pressure using its own live or exhaust steam, replacing any mechanical pump.
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Legion of Honour
The Legion of Honour, with its full name National Order of the Legion of Honour (Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), is the highest French order of merit for military and civil merits, established in 1802 by Napoléon Bonaparte and retained by all the divergent governments and regimes later holding power in France, up to the present.
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List of firsts in aviation
This is a list of firsts in aviation.
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Paris
Paris is the capital and most populous city of France, with an area of and a population of 2,206,488.
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Science Museum, London
The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London.
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Suicide
Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death.
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Baptiste Henry Jacques Giffard.
