Emile Taddéoli
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Emile Taddéoli in 1920
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| Born |
8 March 1879 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Died | 24 May 1920 (aged 41) Romanshorn, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Occupation | Pilot, instructor, test pilot |
| Known for | Pilot's brevet number 2 issued in Switzerland on October 10, 1910 Most prominent pioneer using seaplanes in Switzerland |
Pierre Émile Taddéoli (March 8, 1879 in Geneva – May 24, 1920 in Romanshorn) was a Swiss aviation pioneer. He was active as a pilot, instructor, test pilot, and also the probably most prominent pioneer using seaplanes in Switzerland. Taddéoli received the pilot's brevet number 2 issued in Switzerland on October 10, 1910.
Emile Taddéoli's passion for engines and mechanics started at a very young age. After some success as cyclist on vélodrome in Varambé (GE) in 1893/94, motorcyclist (he designed a prototype), mechanic and car driver from 1895 to 1909, he was attracted by the aviation that became very popular in Switzerland in 1908/9. Inspired by Alberto Santos-Dumont and Louis Blériot, in March 1909 Taddéoli left Switzerland for Mourmelon (France) to learn how to fly at the Ecole d’aviation Blériot. On 22 March 1910 Taddéoli started his first flight over 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) in his newly bought Blériot XI. Despite his relatively low experience, he participated, beginning in April 1910, at several flight meetings in Italy, France and Portugal, and proposed by Armand Dufaux, he overflew Paris on 18 July 1910. Back in Geneva, he started flying around Switzerland, got several prizes (flight over 161 minutes and others) in his Blériot number 8, succeeding again in the first overflight of the canton of Geneva on 7 September 1910.
In his newly acquired Dufaux 4 biplane, from September to October 1910, Taddéoli became the instruction pilot for Armand Dufaux and Henri Dufaux. During the flight meeting in Luzern in September 1910, Emil Taddéoli collided with a line of trees just before landing; he left the wreck of his airplane unhurt; another pilot, Hans Schmid, fatally crashed. This tragic accident started a crisis when the Swiss newspapers denounced what they called an unuseful aerial circus.
At the flight meeting in Brig, he tried to overfly the Alps for the first time. On a meeting in Bern with six pilots, Taddéoli succeeded in a flight over 58 minutes at an altitude of 600 metres (2,000 ft). On 10 October 1910 Emile Taddéoli received the Swiss pilot's licence number 2; number 1 was issued to Ernest Failloubaz.
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