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Henri Farman, French aircraft designer, constructor and pilot, c1910 (1933). Henri Farman (1874-1958) set numerous official records for both distance and duration in the Voisin 1907 biplane. He was the first to fly a complete circuit of 1 kilometre on 13 January 1908, and 2 kilometres on 21 March 1908. On 30 October 1908 Farman went on to make the first cross-country flight in Europe, flying from Châlons to Reims, flying 27 kilometres in 20 minutes. From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume I, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1933]