Major Julien-Alexandre Félix (March 2, 1869 in

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- June 17, 1914 in Chartres) was the director of manoeuvres in the French

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, École militaire de Pau. He set the altitude record on August 5, 1911 in

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in France by climbing to 11,330 feet in 63 minutes, breaking the record of

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. Félix died while testing a 1912 Drzewiecki Canard monoplane built by Stefan Drzewiecki.

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1869 births 1914 deaths People from Limoges French aviation record holders Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in France {{Aviation-bio-stub