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Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American [1] civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers .
In 1897 the Société Auxiliaire du Musée de Genève was founded with the aim of creating a new museum. [3] In 1900 the city of Geneva held an architecture competition to design a new building. The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire was finally built from 1903 to 1910 thanks to the bequest from Charles Galland. However, parts of the collection ...
The museum was dedicated to the life and works of Chanute, the former air base, the history of aviation in the state of Illinois, and hosted an annual air show. Highlights of the museum included a collection of over 40 aircraft including military fighters, bombers, rescue, recon, and cargo aircraft.
Barbier-Mueller Museum; Centre d’Art Contemporain Genève; Centre pour l’Image Contemporaine; Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva; Institut et Musée Voltaire; International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum; Musée Ariana; Musée d'Art et d'Histoire; Musée d'ethnographie de Genève; Natural History Museum of Geneva
Musée d'Art et d'Histoire (Geneva) Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève; ... Natural History Museum of Geneva; V. Vienna International Apartment
The Musée Rath is an art museum in Geneva, used exclusively for temporary exhibitions. Its building is the oldest purpose-built art museum in Switzerland, and the original home of Geneva's Musée d'Art et d'Histoire. It is located on Place Neuve, in front of the old city walls, next to the Grand Théâtre and near the Conservatoire de Musique.
Octave Chanute (1832–1910), American civil engineer and aviation pioneer; Chanute Air Force Base, Illinois, United States; Octave Chanute Award, awarded by the Western Society of Engineers since 1901; Chanute Flight Award, awarded by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (between 1939 and 2005) Chanute Air Museum; Chanute ...
Of the flight trials with the second craft (of 1885) Octave Chanute's account in 1893 noted "several trials were made, but no effective lift could be obtained." Of the third craft (of 1886) Chanute wrote "this last apparatus proved an entire failure, as no effective lifting effect could be obtained from the wind sufficient to carry the 180 lbs ...