Léon Lemartin
Théodore Clovis Edmond Lemartin, known as Léon Lemartin (20 October 1883 Dunes, Tarn-et-Garonne – 18 June 1911, Vincennes) was a pioneer aviator who set a world record on 3 February 1911 at Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau, France when he carried seven passengers in a Blériot XIII ''Aerobus''. He then took eight, eleven and thirteen passengers aloft the following month. He is also known as the world's first professional test pilot. The son of a blacksmith, in 1902 he became a graduate ''Gadzarts, Gadz'Art'', an engineer of 'Arts and Crafts' of the École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers (ENSAM) – a prestigious university (grande ecole) specialising in engineering. His aeronautic career included working with Gabriel Voisin, the Gnome et Rhône, Seguin brothers, Henri Farman, Ernest Archdeacon and Louis Blériot. He was present when Blériot made the historic first crossing of the English channel in 1909. On 4 October 1910 he was awarded List of pilots awarded an Avi ...
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Dunes, Tarn-et-Garonne
Dunes (; oc, Dunas) is a Communes of France, commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region in southern France. Geography The river Auroue forms all of the commune's western border. See also *Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department References

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