Nicolas Kinet
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| Born | 24 April 1877 Liège, Belgium |
| Died | 3 August 1910 (aged 33) Brussels, Belgium |
Nicolas Kinet (24 April 1877 - 3 August 1910) was a Belgian motorcycle racers and aviation pioneer. He was a world record aviation holder. He died after he fell from a height of 200 metres to the ground, with the aviation engine on top of him.[1]
Nicolas Kinet is sometimes confused with aviator , who died on 13 July 1910 after crashing with his plane. They were not family, while some sources stated they were brothers[2] or cousins.[3][4]
Biography
Career and death
Kinet was born in Liège on 24 April 1877.[1] He started his sport career on the motorcycle, competing against Jan Olieslagers.[3][4]
He learned to fly in France, at the flight school of Henri Farman, where he had Charles Van den Born as an instructor. Kinet obtained the French pilot's license number 83 in March 1910 in the same week as Jules de Laminne, Joseph Christiaens and Count Malynski. He obtained the Belgian pilot's license number 10 on 31 May 1910.[4] Shortly after getting his licence, he set a world record after flying a passenger for 2 hours, 51 minutes and 9.2 seconds.[3] He competed at flysing races in Budapest, Hungary between 5 and 17 June 1910; in Reims, France between 3 en 10 July at the second edition of the "Grande Semaine de l’Aviation" and between 14 and 19 July he participated in a flight demonstration in Ans, Belgium.[4] Between 23 July and 4 August as part of the Brussels International Exposition the "Grande Quizaine d’Aviation" was organized by the Belgian aviation club. On the first day of the flying competitions he won the landing price, after landing on the correct place in the correct way. Because of this he was the first of the pilots introduced to the King.[4][2] After 11 days of competitions he was leading the general classification with a total flight time of 12 hours 26 minutes and 11 seconds; ahead of Jan Olieslagers who had 7 hours 50 minutes and 18 seconds. On 3 August 1910 while flying in his Farman III at a height of 200 metres, a tension wire broke from his rear wing. The wire ended up in the engine, which stopped abruptly. While his wife was watching, Kinet died after falling on the ground with the engine falling on top of him.[3][2]
Consciousness flyer
Kinet was seen among the cautious fliers. Because of this, he was even mocked.[3]
The Monday before he crashed, he had already a life-threatening situation after one of the wires of his biplane broke during the flight. After landing he said: "See what my life depends on. Had my brother not doubled the wire at the back of my biplane, I would have fallen dead". Because he was aware of the risks, he had a life insurance policy of 30000 Belgian francs. That amount, together with a total price money of 32400 Belgian francs went to his wife.[5]
Rememberence
Karel Vandenborn, one of the best friends and teacher of Kinet, wanted to buy the ground where Kinet creashed to place a special memorial. Also the aviation club wanted to do this.[5] Nowadays in Ans the memorial stone for Kinet can be found where can be read in French (in weathered letters):[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NICOLAS KINET 1877-1910". earlyaviators.com. 25 January 2003.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Kinet doodgevallen". Dagblad van Noord-Brabant (in Nederlands). 4 August 1910 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 "Een vliegramp te Brussel". Nieuwsblad van Friesland (in Nederlands). 6 August 1910 – via Delpher.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Graf van Nicolas Kinet". hangarflying.eu (in Nederlands).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "De vliegramp te Brussel". Nieuwsblad van Friesland (in Nederlands). 10 August 1910 – via Delpher.
- ↑ "Herdenkingssteen voor Nicolas Kinet". hangarflying.eu (in Nederlands).
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