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Archdeacon aeroplane, 1904. Ernest Archdeacon was a French lawyer of Irish descent who was also a pioneer aviator. This aircraft built by him in 1904 was based on the design of the Wright Brothers' Flyer. It was not successful, but another version built the following year did complete a 2000 foot towed flight. Photograph published in La Vie Au Grand Air, 1904.