Talk:Ernest Archdeacon

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Did you know... that in 1906 Ernest Archdeacon commissioned an Aéromotocyclette (propeller driven motorcycle) which achieved 79.5 kph?

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Nothing after 1908?[edit]

Archdeacon lived on for forty-two years after being the first aeroplane passenger. Didn't he do anything after that? What role, if any, did he play in the Grand Semaine at Reims the next year? Did he play any part in the establishment of the flying schools at Camp Chalons? Did he do anything of note during World War I, or World War II for that matter? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 23:03, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I'm still searching. ... but he was almost 50 by 1910, flying was a young man's game, there was less/no need for motivational prizes, it was quickly taken up by entrepreneurs and the military, and then the Kaiser's madness lead to millions of deaths and France was torn apart, it was 'Hell on Earth' and by the 1920s he was in his sixties. I'm sure he was still active, but probably not newsworthy. Autodidactyl (talk) 20:31, 13 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Points taken, but he was a co-founder of the Aero Club, which has always been influential in French aviation and was even more so before World War II when they also served a regulatory function. It is improbable that he would have just faded away after 1908, especially since the brief "golden age" of flying meetings started at Rhiems in 1909. He must have played some part in, or had some stance on, the Rheims meeting. Whether an activity is a young man's game or not, old men will invariably be involved in the politics of the activity.

Is there a French version of Who's Who, and would they have online archives? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 22:05, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Who's Who (France) is 1953 onwards, and red-linked. Autodidactyl (talk) 13:08, 16 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Drawing of Aéromotocyclette[edit]

What is the purpose of displaying both a photograph *and* a drawing of the aéromotocyclette, especially when the drawing is a copy of the photograph? Does the photo alone not adequately illustrate the machine? Sincerely, SamBlob (talk) 18:01, 9 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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