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66: 25: 728: 128: 409:. The main activity was the design and production of aircraft engines of 100, 120 and 240 hp. Some of them served Belgian military aviation, some were sold in Poland and in the USA. Also, a Renard 240 hp engine powered the second version of Belgium's first helicopter, built by and named after Russian engineer 320:
to the first cyclist to make two aircraft flights of 10 meters each, relying solely on his or her own muscular power. Alfred conceived and, with help from his brother Georges, made his own device for the test: a bicycle augmented with a propeller and a fabric-covered wing, which unfolded by means of
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After study came the tour of soldier's duty - especially important in this small country that had suffered heavily under the war, and was taking part in the occupation of Western Germany. Renard served as a cartographer, designing military aerodromes. During this service he re-acquainted one of his
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and his cherished dream of operating his own flying school with his self-designed and self-built solid trainer aircraft. The venture was completed with
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on 21 April 1895. As a youngster and inspired by the kites he saw his father make, he installed electricity and a telephone system at an uncle's farm.
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Foreseeing the German invasion in 1940, Alfred Renard planned to move his assets to France, but not in time. During
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and the Department of Applied Sciences, but in 1920 he earned an engineering degree in civil construction, plus a
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he disappeared from public view, to re-emerge in 1945 as a technical advisor with the Belgian State Railways
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until that company's dissolution in January 1970. On top of producing the
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trainer, he worked at propeller engineering, at the development of the
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a lever when the device reached airspeed. The machine failed, however.
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Histoire de l'hélicoptère : racontée par ses pionniers, 1907-1956
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Run over by a motorcar, Alfred Renard died on 20 June 1988.
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The war forced Alfred Renard to suspend his studies at the
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the brothers worked in the family home at a pedal-powered
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In 1912, his inspiration was kindled by a prize of 10.000
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Through the same Emile Allard, Renard got in touch with
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by company ZACCO (best known under the French acronym
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