CHARLES VOISIN 1882-1912

Charles Voisin Collection Roger-Viollet, photo H. Manuel Nouvelle Histoire Mondiale de l'Aviation, Edmond Petit Courtesy of HARGRAVE, the PIONEERS

 

Gabriel & Charles Voisin Library of Congress Collection, 1-26-11

 

	Biography	L'ILLUSTRAZIONE ITALIANA The Italian Illustration

 

Daily Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: 1912, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 6-11-04 "Baroness Injured; Aviator Voisin Killed" "Lyons, France, Sept. 26. - Baroness de la Roche, an aviatress, was desperately injured in an automobile collision near Bellville-Sur-Saone this evening. Charles Voisin, an aviator, was killed at the same time. "Baroness de la Roche was the first woman to make an aeroplane flight in France."

 

Editor's Note: If you have any information on this pioneer aviator please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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