Aviators and Engineers
Details:
By the northern bridge in the Parc Clement.
Monument
A large white stone square surmounted by a carving of a bird. The letters are carved into the stone, making them hard to read.
Monument Text:
AUX AVIATEURS ET AUX INGENIEURS QUI CONSACRERENT LEUR TEMPS ET LEUR VIE AUX EXPERIENCES DE L’AVIATION CIVILE
14 SEPTEMBRE 1906 PREMIER VOL SANTOS DUMONT AU DESSUS DES PELOUSES DE BAGATELLE
13 JANVIER 1907 HENRI FARMAN SUR BIPLAN VOISIN MOTEUR ANTOINETTE BOUCLE LE
PREMIER KILOMETRE EN CIRCUIT FERME ISSY LES MOULINEAUX
8 AOUT 1908 WILBUR WRIGHT S ELEVE POUR LA PREMIERE FOIS EN FRANCE AU CAMP DES HUNAUDIERES ET ETABLIT ENSUITE AU CAMP D AUVOURS LE PREMIER RECORD D AVIATION
PREMIERES EXPERIENCES DE WILBUR ET ORVILLE WRIGHT EN AMERIQUE 1904 A TOUS CEUX
QUI PAR LES RECORDS CHAQUE JOUR ETENDUS DE L AVIATION DEVELOPPERENT ENTRE
LES PEUPLES LE LIEN DE LA PAIX.
English translation:
To the aviators and engineers who dedicated their time and lives to civil aviation.
September 14th 1906: The first flight over the gardens of Bagatelle by Santos Dumont.
January 13th 1907: Henri Farman's 1-km biplane ride in Issy-les-Moulineaux.
August 8th 1908: Wilbur Wright's first flight at the Camp des Hunaudieres and the establishment of the first aviation record.
The first experiments of the Wright brothers in the US in 1904 who helped developed peace between the people of Earth.