In France aviators were awarded their Aviator's Certificate (Pilot's Licence) by l'Aéro Club de France.Until the end of December 1909, l'Aéro-Club had issued unnumbered licences without examination. Sixteen had been issued up until a list was published in alphabetic order (more or less) on 1 January 1910. After the allocation of numbers two further licences were issued in December 1909 prior to the publication of the initial list and so added with subsequent numbers.
Licences were subsequently allocated by passing tests, although the registration dates of licences were often delayed.
The number of licences awarded up until the beginning of the First World War in August 1914 were:
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1910 |
328 |
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1911 |
360 |
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1912 |
489 |
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1913 |
383 |
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1914 |
173 |
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The first 100 aviators awarded licences in France were as follows. Aviators emboldened are covered in Pigs Might Fly.
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Louis Blériot |
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Glenn Curtiss |
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Léon Delagrange |
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Robert Esnault-Pelterie |
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Henry Farman |
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Ferdinand Ferber |
6 |
18 November 1909 |
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Maurice Farman |
7 |
7 October 1909 |
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Jean Gobron |
8 |
7 October 1909 |
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Comte Charles de Lambert |
9 |
17 October 1909 |
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Hubert Latham |
10 |
17 October 1909 |
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Louis Paulhan |
10b |
16 September 1909 |
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Paul Tissandier |
11 |
18 November 1909 |
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Henri Rougier |
12 |
7 November 1909 |
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Alberto Santos-Dumont |
14 |
7 November 1909 |
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Orville Wright |
15 |
7 November 1909 |
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Wilbur Wright |
16 |
4 November 1909 |
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Étienne Bunau-Varilla |
17 |
16 December 1909 |
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Alfred Leblanc |
18 |
6 January 1910 |
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Julien Mamet |
19 |
6 January 1910 |
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René Métrot |
20 |
6 January 1910 |
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Prince George Bibesco |
21 |
6 January 1910 |
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Émile Aubrun |
22 |
6 January 1910 |
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Jacques Balsan |
23 |
6 January 1910 |
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Hon. Charles Rolls |
24 |
6 January 1910 |
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Mortimer Singer |
25 |
6 January 1910 |
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Léon Molon |
26 |
21 December 1909 |
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Henri Brégi |
27 |
6 January 1910 |
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Comte Jacques de Lesseps |
28 |
15 January 1910 |
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Ernest Zens |
29 |
15 January 1910 |
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Roger Sommer |
30 |
4 January 1910 |
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Claude Grahame-White |
31 |
15 February 1910 |
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Michel Efimoff |
32 |
15 February 1910 |
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Jorge Chavez |
33 |
8 March 1910 |
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Félix Camerman |
34 |
8 March 1910 |
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Frédéric Riensdyk |
35 |
8 March 1910 |
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Edmond Morelle |
36 |
8 March 1910 |
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Elise Deroche |
37 |
8 March 1910 |
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Charles van den Born |
38 |
8 March 1910 |
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Hubert Le Blon |
39 |
8 March 1910 |
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René Gasnier |
40 |
8 March 1910 |
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John Moore-Brabazon |
41 |
8 March 1910 |
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Maurice Herbster |
42 |
5 April 1910 |
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Fernand Delétang |
43 |
5 April 1910 |
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André Crochon |
44 |
5 April 1910 |
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Médéric Burgeat |
45 |
5 April 1910 |
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Georges-Marie Bellenger |
46 |
5 April 1910 |
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G-P Kuller |
47 |
5 April 1910 |
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Émile Dubonnet |
48 |
5 April 1910 |
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Alfred Frey |
49 |
10 April 1910 |
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Marcel Baratoux |
50 |
10 April 1910 |
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Nicolas Popoff |
51 |
10 April 1910 |
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Vincent Wiesenbach |
52 |
19 April 1910 |
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Louis Breguet |
53 |
19 April 1910 |
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Charles Wachter |
54 |
19 April 1910 |
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Léon Morane |
55 |
19 April 1910 |
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Georges Legagneux |
56 |
19 April 1910 |
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René Toussin |
57 |
19 April 1910 |
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Elie Mollien |
58 |
19 April 1910 |
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Walter de Mumm |
59 |
5 May 1910 |
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Louis Gaubert |
60 |
5 May 1910 |
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Victor Rigal |
61 |
5 May 1910 |
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Henri Jullerot |
62 |
5 May 1910 |
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Léon Cheuret |
63 |
5 May 1910 |
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Albert Fequant |
64 |
5 May 1910 |
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René Barrier |
65 |
5 May 1910 |
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Sido |
66 |
5 May 1910 |
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Henri Sallenave |
67 |
5 May 1910 |
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Bruneau de Laborie |
68 |
5 May 1910 |
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Paul-Victor Acquaviva |
69 |
5 May 1910 |
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Alfred de Montigny |
70 |
5 May 1910 |
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Hayden Sands |
71 |
5 May 1910 |
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Bertram Dickson |
72 |
19 April 1910 |
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W D McArdle |
73 |
2 May 1910 |
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Henri Weiss |
74 |
2 May 1910 |
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Carl Cederström |
75 |
19 April 1910 |
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Graham Gilmour |
76 |
17 May 1910 |
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Robert Mignot |
77 |
17 May 1910 |
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Adolphe Didier |
78 |
17 May 1910 |
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Robert Martinet |
79 |
17 May 1910 |
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Maurice Tetard |
80 |
17 May 1910 |
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Félix Marie |
81 |
17 May 1910 |
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Émile Ladougne |
82 |
10 June 1910 |
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Lancelot Gibbs |
83 |
10 June 1910 |
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Louis Wagner |
84 |
10 June 1910 |
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André Taurin |
85 |
10 June 1910 |
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Maurice Colliex |
86 |
10 June 1910 |
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René Labouchere |
87 |
10 June 1910 |
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Juan Bielovucic |
88 |
10 June 1910 |
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Henri Pequet |
89 |
10 June 1910 |
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Albert Etévé |
90 |
10 June 1910 |
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Charles Marconnet |
91 |
10 June 1910 |
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Ernest Paul |
92 |
10 June 1910 |
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Louis Gibert |
93 |
10 June 1910 |
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André Frey |
94 |
10 June 1910 |
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Florentin Champel |
95 |
10 June 1910 |
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Marcel Hanriot |
96 |
10 June 1910 |
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Jean Dufour |
97 |
10 June 1910 |
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Commandant Clolus |
98 |
10 June 1910 |
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Wladimir Lebedeff |
99 |
10 June 1910 |
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Marcel Paillette |
100 |
10 June 1910 |
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Edmond Audemars |
Other early aviators covered in Pigs Might Fly:
101 |
10 June 1910 |
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Gustave Blondeau (see Hilda Hewlett) |
105 |
10 June 1910 |
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Édouard Nieuport |
126 |
21 June 1910 |
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Robert Loraine |
180 |
29 August 1910 |
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RenéCaudron |
312 |
7 December 1910 |
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Jules Védrines |
322 |
7 December 1910 |
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Jean Conneau (aka Andre Beaumont) |
358 |
3 February 1911 |
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Gustav Hamel |
434 |
3 March 1911 |
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Gaston Caudron |
440 |
3 March 1911 |
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Earle Ovington |
548 |
28 July 1911 |
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John Porte |
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