He'd soared where almost no one dared, transforming from clay sculptor to human bird in just six breathless years. Delagrange was one of early aviation's true pioneers, flying Voisin biplanes with a sculptor's precision and an artist's fearlessness. But his final flight near Bordeaux ended brutally: a mechanical failure, a sudden plummet, a machine that couldn't hold its promise. And just like that, another fragile dream of human flight crashed into the unforgiving earth.
January 4, 1910
116 years ago
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