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Robert Esnault-Pelterie

Pioneering french aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist (1881–1957).

Born November 8th, 1881 in 9th arrondissement of Paris.

Died December 7th, 1957 at 76 years old in Paris.

Occupations
aircraft pilot, military flight engineer

No one really knows why they are alive until they know what they’d die for. Martin Luther King Jr.