Alphabetical Index Index by Year of Birth
Octave Chanute
* 1832 Paris
+ 1910 Chicago, Illinois
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Octave Chanute was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer.
He provided many budding enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers,
with help and advice, and helped to publicize their flying experiments.
At his death he was hailed as the father of aviation and the initial concepts of the heavier-than-air flying machine.
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