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3 unusual facts about Hubert Le Blon


Hubert Le Blon

Le Blon drowned in a crash landing into the sea on 2 April 1910 while flying in stormy weather at Ondarreta Beach, San Sebastián, Spain, where he had been performing exhibition flights since 27 March.

Within weeks of setting a new aviation speed record in Egypt he died during an exhibition flight at San Sebastián, Spain.

In 1907 he drove a De Luca-Daimler in the 2nd Targa Florio, finishing 20th, 1 hour 13 minutes after the winner Felice Nazzaro.



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