Jean-François Boyvin de Bonnetot

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March 19, 1742

Jean-François Boyvin de Bonnetot, Marquis de Bacqueville (1688 – Paris, 7 October 1760), was a French inventor from Bacqueville-en-Caux.

On March 19, 1742, he flew in a glider over the river Seine. Jean-Jacques Rousseau observed and recorded the event in his biographical book. He equipped himself with wings and attempted to fly off the roof of the hotel. He briefly hovered 300 meters above the Seine before falling into a barge and breaking his leg.

Boyvin died in 1760 in a house fire in Paris.

References

1. ^ Biographie Normande - Les Marquis de Bacqueville Google Books - Revue de la Normandie: littérature, sciences, beaux-arts, histoire - Volume 9
2. ^ The Dream of Flying Avrosys
3. ^ MARQUIS DE BACQUEVILLE à PHINÉAS TAYLOR BARNUM Les Hommes de L´aventure
4. ^ Paris, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1555–1929
5. ^ Cook, Malcolm (2 June 2015). Bernardin de St Pierre, 'Voyage en Normandie' (in French). MHRA. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-78188-186-6. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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