Gabriel de La Landelle

Gabriel de La Landelle
Drawing of an imaginary helicopter, powered by steam, imagined by Gabriel de la Landelle.

Guillaume Joseph Gabriel de La Landelle (born 5 March 1812, in Montpellier; died 19 January 1886, in Paris) was a French naval officer, journalist, and writer, a seafaring novelist, and author of other maritime works. He was also one of the pioneers of aeronautics. He served in the navy and authored several novels that depict maritime customs and naval warfare.

Career

His project for the steam helicopter served as inspiration for Jules Verne's engine in his novel Robur le Conquérant (Robur the Conqueror).[1]

He was also involved with aeronautics. Nadar, who had been enthusiastic about aviation since 1858, founded the Société d'encouragement de la locomotion aérienne au moyen du plus lourd que l'air (roughly translated as: Society for the Promotion of Air Locomotion with the Aid of Machines Heavier Than Air)[2] together with Gabriel de La Landelle in 1863[1] and began building a giant balloon, aptly named Le Géant (The Giant).[3] Its first flight took place in Paris on 4 October 1863, with 13 people on board, including Jules Verne.

Selected publications

  • Aviation ou navigation aérienne.[4] Paris 1863
  • (als Rapporteur) La Société d'encouragement de la locomotion aérienne: Au moyen d'appareils plus lourds que l'air. Rapport du Conseil d'adminstration pour les années 1864,[5] 1865,[6] 1866. Paris: J. Claye. 1865-7
  • La Gorgone[7]
  • Frise-Poulet[8]
  • Couronne navale
  • Haine à bord
  • Les Marins
  • Les Passagères. Roman maritime.
  • Les deux routes de la vie
  • Falkar le rouge (ou l'Affranchisement des Nègres).
  • La Frégate l'Introuvable
  • Les cousines de l'Introuvable (Forts. von La Frégate l'Introuvable)
  • Les Enfants de Ravinol et le Siège de Lyon
  • Réponse à la note (du prince de Joinville) sur l'état des forces navales de la France
  • Le Langage des marins

References

  1. ^ a b "Gabriel de la LANDELLE 1812 — 1886". bretagne-aviation.fr. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  2. ^ "Vor Nadars Linse" [In front of Nadar's lens]. TagesWoche (in Swiss High German). 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  3. ^ Holmes, Richard (2013). Falling upwards : how we took to the air. London: HarperPress. ISBN 978-0-00-738692-5 p. 164
  4. ^ "Aviation ou Navigation aerienne par G. de La Landelle" [Aviation or Air Navigation by G. de La Landelle] (in French). E. Dentu. 1863. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  5. ^ "Rapport du consel d'administration, Société d'encouragement pour la locomotion aérienne au moyen d'appareils plus lourds que l'air" [Report of the Board of Directors, Society for the Encouragement of Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier-than-Air Machines] (in French). J. Claye, imprimeur. 1865. Retrieved 5 January 2026 – via books.google.de.
  6. ^ "Société d'encouragement pour l'Aviation ou locomotion aérienne au moyen d'appareils plus lourds que l'air. Rapport (le 23 Mars 1866) ... sur le deuxième exercice 1865, etc. (Statuts.). (PARIS)" [Society for the Encouragement of Aviation or Aerial Locomotion by Means of Heavier-than-Air Machines. Report (March 23, 1866) ... on the second fiscal year 1865, etc. (Statutes). (PARIS)] (in French). 1866. Retrieved 5 January 2026 – via books.google.de.
  7. ^ La Landelle, G. de (Gabriel de) (1851). La gorgone. Paris : Locard-Davi.
  8. ^ La Landelle, Gabriel de (1847). Frise-poulet. T. 2 / par G. de La Landelle (in French).

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