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	AIR SPORTS INTERNATIONAL
		Up in the sky, Pegoud was hunched over the speeding plane's controls to counter the swerve.
		Pegoud felt as if he were suspended in mid-air.
		The aircraft sped up as it dove, the wind started roaring again and Pegoud brought the nose level with the ground, pulling hard at the controls, then easing up to keep the shaking, creaking frame from breaking apart.
	airsports.fai.org /dec98/dec9804.html (1728 words)

	History of Aerobatics - Jet Fighter School 2 by Richard G. Sheffield
		Adolphe Pegoud decided he would be the one to try.
		Pegoud was one of the first true aerobatic pilots.
		The great Adolphe Pegoud was shot down and killed in August of 1915, only two years after he pioneered inverted flight.
	www.flightsimbooks.com /jfs2/chapter1.php (2547 words)

	RFC's Contribution to War
		It was the French who created the first 'ace' with Adolphe Pegoud in the spring of 1915, but the phenomenon had its roots in popular pre-war images.
		Pre-war flying pioneers, due to the risks they took, had been surrounded by the press with an aura of glamour and daring; and, secondly, aviation effectively took on the role of cavalry in the war, and so military pilots to some extent inherited the traditional glamour and dash of that role too.
		Pegoud was a direct link to the pioneers, being a famous aerobatic pilot before the war, and he may have been proclaimed 'as' (ace; top of the pack) by the French papers in his pre-war days.
	www.sopwithmotorsports.com /indysquadron/id109.html (2442 words)

	Think Aerobatics - A complete look at the sport. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Adolphe was noted for his careful Scientific Planning.
		Adolphe practied by having his plane upside-down in a hangar.
		Adolphe Pégoud (1889-1915) was a brilliant aerobatic pilot.
	www.hammerheadpilotgear.com /ThinkAerobatics.htm (1387 words)

	Bleriot XI 2 Master AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Bleriot XI 2 Master AJBS Amicale Jean-Baptiste Salis GB Blériot XI 2 Blériot XII-2 F-AZPG NS: SA 29, is decorated in order to honour Adolphe Pegoud, in wearing his "colours".
		She was sponsored by the city of Bur, and entertained the 15-th air acrobatics world championship, in August 1990, to Yverdon - Switzerland (Swiss).
		Adolphe Pegoud, became famous on September 2nd, 1913, being the first French pilot to carry out a reversed flight by carrying out a Looping.
	www.ajbs.com /Anglais/MuseeGB/BleriotXI2Html/Bleriot-XI2-MasterGB.htm (185 words)

	Those Magnificent Men \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The French airman Adolphe Pégoud duly repeated yesterday afternoon the astonishing feats in the shape of flying upside down which he has been performing in France during the last three weeks.
		His control over his machine is marvellous and the spectator quickly comes to share his confidence that nothing untoward will happen.
		Adolphe Pégoud, the French airman, gave a second demonstration of flying upside down at Brooklands yesterday afternoon.
	www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk /aerobat/brooklands02.html (1110 words)

	Acrobatic Flight and the Frecce Tricolori/History
		On September 2nd 1913 at Juvisy (France) in front of a wide public he carried out what he thought was the first loop (one of the most dangerous manoeuvres) in the history of flight.
		After that, Pegoud devised and carried out a complete roll, which is still considered one of the classic manoeuvres in acrobatic flight.
		The two pilots had different approaches to acrobatic flight: for Pegoud it was a means to show the full reliability of the aeroplane in every attitude of flight, while Niesterov had known immediately the value of the aeroplane as an instrument of war.
	www.malignani.ud.it /WebEnis/aer/history.html (493 words)

	Wikipedia: Ace
		An ace is also a military aviator who has shot down five or more enemy aircrafts.
		The term originated in World War I in French newspapers, when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud as a flying ace after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German aircraft.
		The leading German ace in that war was Rittmeister (Captain) Manfred von Richthofen, the "Red Baron", of the German air force, who was credited with downing 80 Allied aircraft.
	www.factbook.org /wikipedia/en/a/ac/ace.html (235 words)

	The UnMuseum - Fabulous and Foolhardy Flyers II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1913 stunts took a different turn when Frenchman Adolphe Pegoud, who was nicknamed "the foolhardy one," started experimenting with air maneuvers that previously would have been considered suicidal.
		Pegoud was the first though to systematically push the airplane to its acrobatic limits.
		These maneuvers, so well explored by Pegoud would become the standard tools of fighter pilots as the airplane became a military weapon.
	www.bonus.com /contour/mystery_museum/http@@/unmuseum.mus.pa.us/flyers2.htm (3672 words)

	Those Magnificent Men \| Aerobatics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		But in 1913 a young French pilot named Adolphe Pégoud (1889-1915) suddenly brought it very much to the world's attention.
		The feat brought Adolphe Pégoud to the notice of Louis Blériot, who decided that such a daring young aviator was just the man he needed to demonstrate the aerobatic qualities of his Blériot XI design.
		Blériot was keen to demonstrate that his aeroplanes were safer than his competitors' because they could be recovered to level flight from almost any attitude however extreme.
	www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk /aerobat (1323 words)

	Adolphe Celestin Pègoud - The Aerodrome Forum
		I was wondering how French Ace Adolphe Pègoud (The first ace of all time??) achieved his kills.
		If Pegoud scored the first Hat-Trick in the aviation history already on 5 Febr 1915 it would have been something really hot for the military media..
		The citation does not indicate that any of the three German a/c actually were destroyed...
	www.theaerodrome.com /forum/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=13125 (699 words)

	Bleriot XI
		Pegoud can be considered as the father of aerobatic flying.
		He got the idea when he made a parachute jump out of his plane and saw the pilotless craft perform a 'looping'.
		The picture shows Pegoud in his aircraft with Louis Bleriot alongside.
	meltingpot.fortunecity.com /clyde/808/bleriot.html (370 words)

	Adolphe Pegoud Sustained Inverted Flight (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		In 1913, Adolphe Pegoud became the first pilot to be fly an aircraft in sustained inverted flight.
		The aircraft, a monoplane XI had a wing span was 25 ft. 7 in.; length 26 ft. 3 in.; its takeoff weight was 663 lbs.with a 25 hp engine.
		In 1909 Bleriot, in a Type XI, became the first to fly across the English Channel.
	avstop.com /news/adolphe.html (93 words)

	Adolphe Pégoud
		Visitors to Brooklands aerodrome on 25th September, 1913, saw one of the greatest sensations in this or any other century, for on that date a daring French aviator, M. Pegoud, performed the hazardous feat of flying upside down.
		If you have the time, and the interest, you can be well satisfied by browsing the entire selection.
		In 1915, Adolphe Pégoud was shot down and killed in WW I. Editor's Note:
	www.earlyaviators.com /epegoud.htm (170 words)

	Flying ace - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It can refer to any adept pilot and has been popularized as such in comic strips.
		The aviation term ace originated in World War I in France, when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud, nicknamed "The Foolhardy One", as "l'ace" after he became the first pilot to down five German aircraft.
		Reportedly the term had been popularized in prewar French newspapers when referring to sports stars such as soccer players and bicyclists.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flying_ace (511 words)

	Hellfire Corner - The Great War - Paris - Charles Fair Battlefield Guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Dreyfus himself was in due course exonerated and reinstated, eventually becoming a colonel, and I believe served in the Great War.
		Another military grave is that of sous-lieutenant Adolphe Pégoud, an aviator who was killed in aerial combat over Montreux-Chateau in Alsace on 31 August 1915.
		He was notable for his pre-war exploits when on 19 August 1913 he was one of the first pilots to parachute from an aeroplane.
	www.hellfire-corner.demon.co.uk /charles28.htm (426 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: 1913 in aviation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		August 7 - Aviation pioneer Samuel Cody is killed in a crash
		August 20 - 700 feet above Buc, France, parachutist Adolphe Pegond becomes the first person to jump from an airplane and land safely.
		September 1 - Frenchman Adolphe Pégoud does the first upside-down flight.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=1913_in_aviation (466 words)

	Open Directory - Reference: Encyclopedias: Subject Encyclopedias: Spartacus Educational: First World War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Most important consequence was that the French and British forces were able to prevent the German plan for a swift and decisive victory.
		Flying Aces - Term first appeared in 1915 when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud as a flying ace after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German aircraft.
		Ford Patrol Car - Model T was used by the British Army in France.
	dmoz.org /Reference/Encyclopedias/Subject_Encyclopedias/Spartacus_Educational/First_World_War (3999 words)

	Wright Brothers Symposium, Guillaume de Syon paper
		But performance, although improved, could not compete with new maneuvers.
		The proverbial nail in the technological coffin came from a Frenchman, Adolphe Pégoud.
		Whereas in 1909 Berliners had been content to watch Orville Wright demonstrate the maneuverability of his machine, four years later the public wanted to see more.
	www.libraries.wright.edu /special/symposium/deSyon.html (2994 words)

	Flight Journal: Keeping score (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		According to legend, prewar racer Roland Garros was the first ace, but in truth, he destroyed three airplanes before shooting off his own propeller and landing behind German lines.
		The next claimant to the title, Adolphe Pegoud, claimed six successes flying two-seaters and fighters, but two or more of his "victims" merely landed.
		The French system was generally accurate at the top of the league and less so overall.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3897/is_199906/ai_n8855494 (1452 words)

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		It is at once taken to the nearest officer, who opens it and telephones the message it contains to aviation headquarters, so that it not infrequently happens that the fate of a flier is known to his comrades within a few hours after he has set out from the aviation field.
		Perhaps the prettiest exhibition of chivalry which the war has produced was evoked by the death of the famous French aviator, Adolphe Pegoud, who was killed by a German aviator whom he attacked during a reconnaissance near Petite Croix, in Alsace.
		The next day a German aeroplane, flying at a great height, appeared over Chavannes, an Alsatian village on the old frontier, where Pegoud was buried, and dropped a wreath which bore the inscription: "To Pegoud, who died like a hero, from his adversary."
	www.greatwardifferent.com /Great_War/Conflict_in_the_Clouds/Conflict_in_the_Clouds_01.htm (3792 words)

	Those Magnificent Men \| Aerobatics \| Pégoud the Celebrity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Pégoud when at Brooklands he made his upside-down flights and exhibited his miracle of pluck three thousand feet above the earth.
		Now Adolphe Pégoud comes with his topsy-turvy trick to make us gasp by his carelessness of death.
		Like many other people, I suppose, who journeyed down to Brooklands to see this new sensation, I was prejudiced against the man and his methods.
	www.thosemagnificentmen.co.uk /aerobat/graphic.html (801 words)

	First World War Reference, Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Casualty Clearing Station Place where surgery, if needed, was carried out on wounded soldiers.
		Flying Aces Term first appeared in 1915 when French newspapers described Adolphe Pegoud as a flying ace after he became the first pilot to shoot down five German aircraft.
		French Air Aces Features table with list of pilots and number of victories.
	www.wacofdn.org /d2RjXzQwMjk3.aspx (3797 words)

	LINCOLN BEACHEY - A Brief Biography
		In the U.S., 1914 and Beachey marked the high point of exhibition flying, while in Europe, war, on the ground and in the air, put a temporary end to civilian flying.
		During the Great War, World War I, one after another proponent of "safe and sane" flying would be shot from the sky by aviators utilizing the steeply banked tight turns and other aerial maneuvers developed by pre-war aviators such as Adolphe Pegoud, Roland Garros, Walter Brookins, and Lincoln Beachey.
		Beachey's death at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco on March 14, 1915, eleven days after his 28th birthday, marked the effective end of exhibition flying in the U.S., although aeroplane exhibitions, usually by individual aviators, would continue well into 1916.
	lincolnbeachey.com /lbbio.html (916 words)

	Breitling Watches
		On July 25, 1909, Louis Blériot, "conqueror of the Channel" successfully flies from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes, in a Blériot XI.
		On September 21, 1913, Adolphe Pégoud, nicknamed "king of the air", loops the first ever loop in aviation history.
		On the demise of Léon Breitling, his son Gaston takes over the firm.
	www.jewelry-wholesalers.com /WatchInfo/breitlingmain.htm (1274 words)

	Air Force Magazine
		Air Force pilots today are far more likely to tangle with SAMs than with enemy aircraft.
		The term “ace” has been around since the early days of World War I. Evidently, it was first used in reference to Adolphe C. Pegoud, a Frenchman who, after downing several enemy aircraft, was himself killed in 1915.
		The word itself is likely an English corruption of the French expression “l’as,” used at the time to mean “the best” or “the top.” Indeed, French newspaper writers of the day mourned the fallen Pegoud as “l’as de notre aviation.”
	www.afa.org /magazine/sept2004/0904aces.asp (3248 words)

	Western Front Association Contributed Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		A Bar was also awarded to ECM for this medal.
		** It was the French Aéronautique Militaire that first introduced the 'ace' culture in 1915 in honour of Adolphe** Pégoud - one of their top pilots - who was the first to shoot down five enemy aircraft.
		The German Army Air Service soon followed with a threshold of 10 victories.
	www.westernfront.co.uk /thegreatwar/articles/individuals/mannock.htm (3111 words)

	John Domenjos
		You will find descriptions of many of the most interesting events in his life and career.
		You will find mention of his association with many other pioneers including Pegoud, Perreyon, Baxter Adams, and Harry Jones.
		You can access the page by clicking on the title above.
	www.earlyaviators.com /edomenjo.htm (466 words)

	AV #11238 - Video Cassette - Daredevils of the Sky (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Video Cassette - 56 minutes - Color - 1994
		Patty Wagstaff, Cecilia Aragon, Michael Goulian, Jon Staudacher and Celestin Adolphe Pegoud are among those introducing viewers to the twists, turns, stalls, loops and spins of small airplane aerobatics.
		Directed by Kirk Wolfinger and Charles Passerman; narrated by Cliff Robertson.
	www.sfsu.edu /~avitv/avcatalog/11238.htm (67 words)

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