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Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome
Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol) (ICAO: LFOR) is an airport serving Chartres and Champhol, in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France. The airport is located 2.5 km (1.3 NM) east-northeast of Chartres and it is southeast of Champhol. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.
The facility was a military field, prior to 1870, dedicated to cavalry.
The first plane designed by engineer Clément Ader was tested there, yet failed to take off on October 9, 1890. Chartres' airfield started in 1909.
From March 1915 to the end of World War I, an important military training center for pilots was set up; it was on the top of military flying schools in France, and many famous pilots were trained in Chartres.
At this time, the airfield was opened to civil aircraft as well as military.
In 1923, the "22e Régiment Aérien de bombardement de nuit" (22nd Night Bombardment Squadron) was located in Chartres, with Amiot 143 bombers and, later, the Bloch 131.
An important bombing squadron, the "22e Régiment Aérien de Bombardement de Nuit" (Night Bombing Squadron), settled in Chartres, in 1923.
The French Air Force was born on 1 April 1933.
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Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome
Chartres – Champhol Aerodrome (French: Aérodrome de Chartres - Champhol) (ICAO: LFOR) is an airport serving Chartres and Champhol, in the Eure-et-Loir department in north-central France. The airport is located 2.5 km (1.3 NM) east-northeast of Chartres and it is southeast of Champhol. It supports general aviation with no commercial airline service scheduled.
The facility was a military field, prior to 1870, dedicated to cavalry.
The first plane designed by engineer Clément Ader was tested there, yet failed to take off on October 9, 1890. Chartres' airfield started in 1909.
From March 1915 to the end of World War I, an important military training center for pilots was set up; it was on the top of military flying schools in France, and many famous pilots were trained in Chartres.
At this time, the airfield was opened to civil aircraft as well as military.
In 1923, the "22e Régiment Aérien de bombardement de nuit" (22nd Night Bombardment Squadron) was located in Chartres, with Amiot 143 bombers and, later, the Bloch 131.
An important bombing squadron, the "22e Régiment Aérien de Bombardement de Nuit" (Night Bombing Squadron), settled in Chartres, in 1923.
The French Air Force was born on 1 April 1933.
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