Charles Terres Weymann
Ó gba ìdíje Gordon Bennett Cup
Port-au-Prince, orílẹ̀-èdè Haiti
A bí i ni Port-au-Prince ni 2 August 1889 si baba Amẹrika kan ati iya Haiti kan, Cornelie Miot. Ti n fo ọkọ ayọkẹlẹ Nieuport ti o ni agbara ẹṣin 100, o mu Gordon Bennett Cup kẹta ni Eastchurch ni Oṣu Keje 1911, awọn iyipo mejilelogun marun ti irin-ajo kilomita mẹfa ni apapọ awọn ọgọrin mẹjọ milimita ni wakati kan, o si ṣẹgun rẹ fun United States. O fo bi awakọ idanwo fun Nieupport lakoko Ogun Agbaye akọkọ, ati nigbamii ṣe awari ara Weymann ti o wa ni irọrun ti a lo lori awọn ọkọ ofurufu igbadun akọkọ.
Agence de presse Meurisse. Agence photographique (commanditaire). Bibliothèque nationale de France. Public domain. Wikimedia Commons
