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Louis Ferdinand Ferber (8 February 1862 – 22 September 1909) was a French Army officer who played an important role in the development of aviation during the early 1900s.
Louis Ferdinand Ferber, né à Lyon le 8 février 1862 et mort accidentellement à Beuvrequen près de Boulogne-sur-Mer le 22 septembre 1909, est un pionnier de l'aviation française, observateur, expérimentateur et auteur de publications sur les débuts de l'aviation.
Ferdinand Ferber (1862-1909) is little known among the precursors of French aviation. While his aeronautical work covers only a decade, it remains of fundamental importance because he was the first Frenchman to have understood the significance of the test flights of Otto Lilienthal which were the inspiration for his first aircraft.
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Ferdinand Ferber (8 Feb 1862 Lyon- 22 September 1909 Boulogne-sur-mere). was one of, if not the, most scientifically minded of the early French Aviators. In many ways, it was he who brought about the great blossoming of French Aviation after 1908.
Ferber’s aircraft No. 8, built at Chalais-Meudon [in 1905?] and fitted with a specially ordered 24 hp Levavasseur motor driving two propellers – but then destroyed before trial by bad weather after being left in the open air – was rebuilt in the same form in 1908 as the Ferber No. 9.
Captain Ferdinand Ferber. Following collaboration with Chanute by correspondence, Ferdinand Ferber shifted his flight experents from his lilienthal inspired 'birdwing' style aeroplanes to the more traditional biplane design, but introduced birdlike transverse curves into his wing design.
