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Ader Éole - Wikipedia Patent drawings of Clément Ader's Eole Some consider the Éole to have been the first true aeroplane, given that it left the ground under its own power and carried a person through the air for a short distance, and that the event of 8 October 1890 was the first successful flight
9 October 1890: first take-off of Ader’s Eole Developed between 1882 and 1889, Eole was named after the Greek God of the Winds, Aeolus Like a giant bat, it had two wings of 14 meters each that could be articulated by a wooden structure covered by silk
Éole | This Day in Aviation Clément Ader, 1897 9 October 1890: At the Château d’Amainvilliers, near Gretz, Clément Ader’s flying machine, Éole, flew for the first time An inventor, Ader had recently spent months in Algeria, observing the vultures When he returned to France he began to design and build a bat-like machine with a wing spread of 46 feet (14 meters), weighing 1,100 pounds (500 kilograms), powered by
Aders Eole flying machine, 1890 - Science Museum Group The Eole was the first aeroplane in the world to take off under its own power from level ground, flying for some 50 metres at a height of 20 cms in 1890 Ader (1841-1925) pinned his hopes on steam engines and a canopied form of wing based on that of a bat
Clement Ader and the Eole He then focused on the problem of heavier-than-air flying machines and in 1890 built a steam-powered, bat-winged monoplane, which he named the Eole On October 9 he flew it a distance of 50 m (160 feet) on a friend's estate near Paris
1890: An Aviation Milestone Takes Place in France October 9, 1890 French inventor and engineer Clément Ader made aviation history when he attempted to fly a steam-powered aircraft that he had built This aircraft was named the Éole in honor of Aeolus, the ancient Greek god of the winds, and it featured wings resembling those of a bat Ader tested his flying machine just outside of Paris, specifically at the estate of his friend Isaac
Ader Éole Explained According to late 1907 claims made by Clément Ader, [2] on October 9th, 1890, the machine achieved a short flight of around 50 m (164 ft) at the Chateau d'Armainvilliers in Brie It reached a height of around 20 cm (8 in) The poor power-to-weight ratio of the steam engine and bad weather were felt to limit the flying height achieved [3] Ader later claimed to have flown the Éole again in
Ader Éole | Experimental Flight, Aviation History, Glider | Britannica Crouch, Tom D "Ader Éole" Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Mar 2008, https: www britannica com topic Ader-Eole Accessed 4 January 2026 Crouch, Tom D "Clément Ader" Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 Mar 2025, https: www britannica com biography Clement-Ader Accessed 4 January 2026
Engineering:Ader Éole - HandWiki The Ader Éole, also called Avion (French for aeroplane), was an early steam-powered aircraft developed by Clément Ader in the 1890s and named after the Greco-Roman wind god Aeolus [1]
First in Flight | Air Space Forces Magazine Thirteen years before the Wright brothers’ pioneering flight at Kitty Hawk, N C , a French inventor named Clément Ader climbed into a bat-like contraption at an isolated French estate and made aviation history of his own