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Lord
Brabazon of Tara
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Lord Brabazon
of Tara was born in England, February 8, 1884 and died in London, May
17, 1964. He first soloed in a French Voisin biplane at Issy-les-Montineaux,
Paris, France, in November 1908. French F.A.I, brevet #AO was issued
to him under the name of Brabazon Moore, on March 8, 1910, before he
became a member of the House of Lords in England. British F.A.I. Airplane
Pilot's Certificate Number 1 was issued to him by the Royal Aero Club,
making him the first person to be licensed in Great Britain as an Airplane
Pilot. In 1909 he made the first live
cargo flight by airplane, by tying a waste-paper basket to a wing-strut
of his Voisin airplane. Then, using it as a "cargo hold",
he airlifted one small pig.
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In
October of that year Mr. Moore Brabazon won the first all-British competition
of L1000 offered by the Daily Mail for the first machine to fly a circular
mile course. His aeroplane was fitted with a 60-horse-power Green aero
engine. In the same year M. Michelin offered L1000 for a long-distance
flight in all-British aviation; this prize was also won by Mr. Brabazon,
who made a flight of 17 miles.
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Charles
Rolls and Lord, Brabazon of Tara made an ascension in the first spherical
balloon made in England, which was built by the Short Brothers. In the
First World War, he took a leading role in the development of aerial
photography.
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