List of pilots awarded an Aviator's Certificate by the Aéro-Club de France in 1909

Aéro-Club de France

The Aéro-Club de France was founded as the Aéro-Club on 20 October 1898 as a society 'to encourage aerial locomotion' by Ernest Archdeacon, Léon Serpollet, Henri de la Valette, Jules Verne and his wife, André Michelin, Albert de Dion, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe, and Henry de...

issued Aviators Certificates from 1909.
These were internationally recognised under the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

Fédération Aéronautique Internationale

The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying aerospace vehicles from balloons to spacecraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles...

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French aviators' licences were issued from 1 January, 1910, but by this time many aviation pioneers, e.g. Louis Blériot

Louis Blériot

Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he completed the first flight across a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft, when he crossed the English Channel. For this achievement, he received a prize of £1,000...

and the Wright brothers

Wright brothers

The Wright brothers, Orville and Wilbur , were two Americans credited with inventing and building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight, on December 17, 1903...

, had amply demonstrated their abilities and they were therefore not required to pass an examination in order to receive a licence. The first fourteen licences were awarded in alphabetical order, with Blériot being awarded Licence No. 1 and Wilbur Wright receiving No. 15 (No. 13 was not awarded); two further such 'honorary' licences were awarded subsequently and inserted into the sequence as '5bis' and '10bis'.

List

Aviator's Certificates awarded
in 1909 (1–17)	in 1910 (18–344)	in 1911 (345–705)	in 1912 (706–1194)	in 1913 (1195–1576)	in 1914 (1577–1754)

Legend

Individual was killed in an aviation accident.

Individual was killed flying in military action.

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The Aéro-Club de France was founded as the Aéro-Club on 20 October 1898 as a society 'to encourage aerial locomotion' by Ernest Archdeacon, Léon Serpollet, Henri de la Valette, Jules Verne and his wife, André Michelin, Albert de Dion, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Henry Deutsch de la Meurthe, and Henry de...

certificates awarded in 1909 (nos. 1–17)
No.	Name	Date	Country of origin (if not France)	Comment
1	Bleriot, Louis Louis Blériot Louis Charles Joseph Blériot was a French aviator, inventor and engineer. In 1909 he completed the first flight across a large body of water in a heavier-than-air craft, when he crossed the English Channel. For this achievement, he received a prize of £1,000...	1909-01-07		First pilot to cross the English Channel English Channel The English Channel , often referred to simply as the Channel, is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates southern England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest to in the Strait of Dover... in a heavier-than-air aircraft; d. 1 August 1936.
2	Curtiss, Glenn Glenn Curtiss Glenn Hammond Curtiss was an American aviation pioneer and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle then motorcycle builder and racer, later also manufacturing engines for airships as early as 1906...	1909-01-07	USA	Holder of Aero Club of America Aero Club of America The Aero Club of America was a social club formed in 1905 by Charles Glidden and others to promote aviation in America. It was the parent organization of numerous state chapters, the first being the Aero Club of New England. It thrived until 1923, when it transformed into the National Aeronautic... certificate no. 1; d. 23 July 1930 in Florida.
3	Delagrange, Léon	1909-01-07		d. in accident 4 January 1910 at Croix-d’Hine, nr. Bordeaux.
4	Esnault-Pelterie, Robert Robert Esnault-Pelterie Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie was a pioneering French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He was born in Paris, the son of a textile industrialist...	1909-01-07		Inventor, aircraft designer, rocket propulsion theorist, founder of R.E.P.; d. 6 December 1957.
5	Farman, Henry Henry Farman Henri Farman Henri Farman Henri Farman (26 May 1874 – 17 July 1958 was a French pilot, aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. His family was British and he took French nationality in 1937.-Biography:...	1909-01-07	UK	Anglo-French aviation pioneer and entrepreneur; adopted French nationality 1937; d. 17 July 1958.
5 bis	Ferber, Ferdinand (Captain)	1909-01-07		d. in accident 22 Sept. 1909 at Boulogne sur Mer (France).
6	Farman, Maurice Maurice Farman Maurice Alain Farman was a French Grand Prix motor racing champion, an aviator, and an aircraft manufacturer and designer.-Biography:...	1909-11-18	UK	Anglo-French aviation pioneer and entrepreneur; d. 25 February 1964 at Paris.
7	Gobron, Jean	1909-10-07		d. 1945 in a road accident.
8	Lambert, Comte Charles de Charles de Lambert (aviator) Charles, Count de Lambert, was an early European aviator.De Lambert was the first person in France to be taught to fly by Wilbur Wright. The first lesson took place at Le Mans on 28 October 1908...	1909-10-07	Russia	Russian pilot of French origins; d. 26 February 1944.
9	Latham, Hubert Hubert Latham Arthur Charles Hubert Latham was a French aviation pioneer. He was the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane...	1909-10-17		d. in accident 7 June 1912 (reportedly killed by a buffalo).
10	Paulhan, Louis Louis Paulhan Isidore Auguste Marie Louis Paulhan, known as Louis Paulhan, was a pioneering French aviator who in 1910 flew "Le Canard", the world's first seaplane, designed by Henri Fabre....	1909-10-17
10 bis	Tissandier, Paul Paul Tissandier Paul Tissandier was a French aviator.-Biography:Tissandier was the son of aviator Gaston Tissandier and nephew of Albert Tissandier, Gaston's brother....	1909-09-16
11	Rougier, Henri Henri Rougier Henri Louis Rougier, was a French sportsman, racing cyclist, pioneer aeroplane pilot and sporting motorist. He is best remembered for his victory in the inaugural Monte Carlo Rally when he drove his Turcat-Méry from Paris to Monte Carlo, but he was also a regular competitor in both 'City to City'...	1909-11-18		d. July 1956.
12	Santos-Dumont, Alberto Alberto Santos-Dumont Alberto Santos-Dumont , was a Brazilian early pioneer of aviation. The heir of a wealthy family of coffee producers, Santos Dumont dedicated himself to science studies in Paris, France, where he spent most of his adult life....	1909-11-07	Brazil	Balloonist; designer; made the first flight verified by the Aéro-Club de France of a powered heavier-than-air machine in Europe.
14	Wright, Orville	1909-11-07	USA	US aviation pioneer; d. in Dayton, Ohio, 31 January 1948, aged 77.
15	Wright, Wilbur	1909-11-07	USA	US aviation pioneer; d. 20 May 1912 of typhoid fever at Dayton (USA).
16	Bunau-Varilla, Etienne	1909-11-04		Son of Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla , commonly referred to as simply Philippe Bunau-Varilla and Monsignor Brun Varilla, was a French engineer and soldier... ; patented first recumbent bicycle (1912)
17	Leblanc, Alfred Alfred LeBlanc Alfred Leblanc was a pioneer French aviator.-Biography:He was born on April 13, 1869 in France. He was assistant to Louis Bleriot and handled the logistics for Bleriot on the morning of his cross channel flight July 25, 1909. In 1910 he set an cross-country flight airspeed record by flying 485...	1909-12-16		d. in 1921.

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