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Georges Bellenger (aviator)
Georges Marie Bellenger (19 September 1878 - 22 December 1977) was a French Office in Taipei, French officer and Aircraft pilot, pilot. He trained as a gunner after his acceptance into the École Polytechnique in 1898. Georges Bellenger was very passionate about aviation since his childhood in France at the beginning of the 20th century. Biography Georges Bellenger was born in Évreux to Émile Bellenger, a lawyer, and his wife, Marie Eugénie Aglaé Gibert. In 1902, he graduated as a Second Lieutenant from the Fontainebleau . He went on assignment to the artillery regiment garrison at Saint-Mihiel. In 1904–1905, one of the articles by Captain Ferdinand Ferber, which appeared in the ''Revue d'Artillerie'', caught his attention and he began to experiment with kites. As an artillery man, Bellenger had an internship at the Versailles Balloonist Battalion between 1 April 1906 and June 30, 1906. His first ascent took place on April 21, 1906, in a 980 m3 cotton balloon inflated wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Office In Taipei
The French Office in Taipei (; french: Bureau français de Taipei, BFT) represents France's interests in Taiwan in the absence of formal diplomatic relations, functioning as a ''de facto'' embassy. Its counterpart in France is the Taipei Representative Office in France, based in Paris. History The Office was established in 1981 as the French Institute, before being renamed the French Office in Taipei. It adopted its present name in 2011, although its Chinese language name has remained unchanged.De facto embassies in Taipei folding the flag '''', 14 June 2011 On 23 February 2021, the new office of the French Office in Taipei re-opened ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |