Paul Morin
Paul Morin was a French engineer, apparently expert on dirigibles or their steering mechanisms. He is known for co-developing an airship with Otokar von Bradsky-Laboun which had a widely covered fatal crash in 1902 over France which ended his life.
From our own page on Bradsky-Laboun: Brasky constructed a steerable balloon with engineer Paul Morin. The balloon was made by Henri Lachambre. The gondola was 17 m long and weighed 350 kg. It was attached to 16 steel cables. The propeller had a diameter of 4 m; the engine turned it at 350 rpm.[4] The first flight took place on October 13, 1902, from Vaugirard. Around 9 o'clock they were over Stains and wanted to land at Ly. De Bradsky and Morin perished when the nacelle ripped off about 500 feet (180 m) up.[1]
(The reference to Lachambre suggests that Bradsky and Morin used a gasbag from Lachambre and themselves focused on self-made or novel mechanisms for control, e.g. steering. Let's see if we can find a source for or against that proposition.)
A physical monument to Bradsky and Morin was inaugurated in Stains, near Saint Denis, in northern suburbs of Paris by the Aéro Club de France. Our sources indicate that this was in 1907.
A 1911 publication may refer to an aeroplane flight by a different Morin: Publication B2p1334e19, 1911, From Po to Toulouse on an aero-plane. Our Paul Morin cited here presumably never took an aeroplane flight.
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Publications by or about Paul Morin
- Publication 8785, 1902, Paul Morin (Simple title: Paul Morin, Journal: L'Aérophile)
- Publication 6350, 1907, Inauguration du monument de Bradsky et Morin (Simple title: Inauguration of the monument of Bradsky and Morin, Journal: La Conq. l'Air)
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| Countries | FR |
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| Occupations | engineer |
| Tech areas | Dirigible, Steering |
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| Death date | 1902 |
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