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Étienne
Oemichen
* 1884 in Châlons-sur-Marne
+ 1955 in Paris
Étienne Edmond Œhmichen was a French engineer and helicopter
designer.
His first successful flight with a helicopter took place on 18
February 1921.
In 1924, he won a prize of 90,000 French Francs for the first
successful closed circuit helicopter flight
following a triangular trajectory with a length of approximately
one km.
2021 J. Giesen