Paul Tissandier (19 February 1881 – 11 March 1945) was a

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Biography

Tissandier was the son of aviator

Gaston Tissandier Gaston Tissandier (November 21, 1843 – August 30, 1899) was a French chemist, meteorologist, aviator, and editor. He escaped besieged Paris by balloon in September 1870. He founded and edited the scientific magazine ''La Nature'' and wrote s ...

and nephew of

Albert Tissandier Albert Tissandier (1839 – 5 September 1906) was a French architect, aviator, illustrator, editing, editor and archaeologist. He was the brother of adventurer Gaston Tissandier with whom he collaborated in writing the magazine ''La Nature'' ...

, Gaston's brother. Tissandier began his flying career as a

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pilot and later moved to

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s and finally to

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. He was a pilot-pupil of Wilbur Wright. Together with Count Charles de Lambert, he was involved in the construction of hydro-gliders. The ''Aero Club Paul Tissandier'' based at the

Saint-Cyr-l'École Saint-Cyr-l'École () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the centre of Paris. It used to host the training school for officers of the French army, the École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr (ESM), which w ...

airfield was named in his honour.

Paul Tissandier Diploma

The ''Paul Tissandier Diploma'' is a perpetual international award established in 1952 by the ''

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'' in memory of Tissandier who was Treasurer of the FAI from its foundation to 1919 and its Secretary General from 1913 to 1945. The diplomas are awarded to those persons who have served the cause of aviation and private and sporting aviation in particular, by their work, initiative, devotion or other endeavours. Each Aero club which is a member of FAI may recommend a number of deserving candidates for the diploma each year; the U.S. is allowed three. The recipients are confirmed by the FAI Administrative Council and publicly announced and the Diplomas are awarded at the annual FAI General Conference. Notable recipients include: * Alessandro Bianchi -

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Minister for Transportation. *

Walter J. Boyne Walter J. Boyne (February 2, 1929 – January 9, 2020) was a United States Air Force officer, Command Pilot, combat veteran, aviation historian, and author of more than 50 books and over 1,000 magazine articles. He was a director of the National A ...

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combat veteran. *

Lynn Garrison Lynn Garrison (born April 1, 1937) is a Canadian pilot and political adviser. He was a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter pilot in the 403 City of Calgary Squadron, before holding jobs as a commercial pilot, film producer, director and mercenary ...

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aviator and mercenary. * Nick Goodhart - British world gliding champion, record breaker and engineer *

Jerzy Makula Jerzy Makula (born 29 September 1952 in Ruda Śląska) is a Polish pilot who won the FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships seven times.

- Polish world

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champion. *

Yves Rousseau Yves Rousseau is a French inventor and aviator credited with multiple ultralight aircraft FAI world records. He has received international recognition for his 13 years of work on human-powered ornithopter flight. Rousseau attempted his first huma ...

aviation pioneer. *

Kathy Sutton Kathy Cox, CM, now known as Kathy Sutton, is a Canadian skydiver. Cox placed first overall at the Canadian National Parachuting Championships in 1973, 1978, and 1980 (tie). In 1975, while practicing with her team, Cox seriously fractured h ...

- Canadian world sky diving champion. *

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- a third-generation

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wooden aeroplane and propeller manufacturer. *Dr. Nabil Baz - Egyptian aviator who won the award for his contribution to aviation and air sports in Egypt. *

Svetlana Kapanina Svetlana Vladimirovna Kapanina ( rus, Светлана Владимировна Капанина) is a Russian aerobatic pilot. Biography Kapanina was born on 28 December 1968 in Shchuchinsk, Kazakh SSR, Soviet Union (now Kazakhstan). She dedic ...

- a Russian aerobatic pilot * Stewart Wood - President Experimental Aircraft Association of South Africa 1992 - 2002 *

Madeleine O'Rourke Madeleine O'Rourke (1951 – 2 June 2006) was an Irish aviator, aviation events organiser, and sound engineer. Early life and family Madeleine O'Rourke was born Madeleine Byrne in 1951 in south Dublin. Her parents were Olive (née Poole) and Pe ...

- an Irish aviator, aviation educator, and organiser of air shows in Ireland
Col. Gal. August Christov Kabaktchiev
- a Bulgarian colonel-general, athlete and deputy minister of defence of Bulgaria 1960-1972 https://www.fai.org/awards

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tissandier, Paul 1881 births 1945 deaths French aviators