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Ndine nzvimbo yakapfava kune ekutanga mapiyona endege 'varume vaye vanoshamisa mumichina yavo inobhururuka'. Ma daredevils mumabhokisi avo asina kusimba, ayo akanga asiri kungopfuura furemu dzemapuranga dzakavharwa necanvas dzakabatanidzwa pamwe chete nedzimwe tambo dzemagetsi uye mabhaudhi ane chitsama. Mumwe wavo aiva Charles Van den Born. Akazvarwa muna Chikunguru 11, 1874 muLiège mumhuri ine-kuita-mapetty-bourgeois. Baba vake, Eduard Van den Boorn, vakabva kuGronsveld pedyo neMaastricht, vakanga vadonhedza o kubva kuzita remhuri kuti vamupe imwe cachet yechiFrench….

Eduard Van den Born aive muimbi ane tarenda uyo Premier Prix de Piano yakawanikwa paConservatory yeLiège. Akave mutsoropodzi wemimhanzi, kazhinji aityiwa nepeni yake yakapinza kwazvo La Meuse, panguva iyoyo pepanhau rezuva nezuva reWalloon. Shamwari dzake dzaisanganisira Richard Wagner naFranz Liszt. Mwanakomana Charles, kusiyana nemunun'una wake Emile, haana kusarudza basa reunyanzvi asi akava mutyairi webhasikoro. Mutambo uri mukukura kwakakwana uye kuti pakupera kwezana remakore rechigumi nemapfumbamwe unogona kutarisira mukurumbira unotyisa muBelgium.

Pakati pa1895 na1908, kunyangwe akura, akazviratidza semumwe wevamhanyi vepamusoro vekuEurope uye mumhanyi wekumhanya zvakanyanya. Achishanya muEurope yese, shasha iyi yeEuropean kaviri yakaswedera pedyo nekuhwina mukombe wepasi rose katatu. Pakati nepakati pemwaka webhasikoro wa1909, akangoerekana achinja nzira mushure mekusangana neaimbove mutyairi webhasikoro Henri Farman. Farman akabudirira bhururuka akatanga kugadzira uye akapa anopenga-anopenga Van den Born mukana wekutora zvidzidzo zvekubhururuka naye. Musi waKurume 8, 1910, akawana rezinesi rake rekutyaira ndege reFrance neNo. 37. Musi wa31 Kurume, akagamuchirawo rezinesi rake reBelgian, iro rakatakura nhamba 6 ...

Mushure mokunge awana marezinesi ake okutyaira ndege, akazova nechipo chakanyanya zvokuti aigona kutobva atotanga kushandira Henri Farman mugadziri wendege somutyairi wendege uye murayiridzi wendege. Muchikoro chaBouy pedyo neChalons, Van den Born akarovedza, pakati pevamwe, vatyairi vendege vehondo veFrance vaviri vokutanga, Kaputeni Cammerman naLieutenant Féquant, uye akarovedza mapiyona avagari vendege Béaud, Zorra naCheuret, Kaputeni Dickson weBritain nomurume wechiDutch Wynmaelen.

Nechinangwa chekuwedzera musika wavo wekutengesa, vakasiyana-siyana veBritish, America neFrance vagadziri vendege vakatarisa kuSoutheast Asia panguva imwe cheteyo. Munhangemutange yakatarisana nenguva, vatyairi vavo vakaedza kubhururuka pamusoro pemaguta makuru nekukurumidza sezvinobvira uye kutora nzvimbo yemhepo. Charles van den Born akapomerwa basa iri muna Gumiguru 1910 uye akatumirwa nechikepe kuSaigon pamwe nendege nhatu dzeHenri Farman IV, dzaigona kuputswa kuita zvikamu zvisere. Iri chiteshi cheFrance chekoloni chaizoita nerutsigiro runoshanda rwe yeLigue Nationale Aérienne Française uye mudzimai waAntony Vladislas Klobukowski, gavhuna-mukuru weIndochina, achava hwaro hwemushandirapamwe wake wekusimudzira munharaunda yakafara.

Musi waDecember 15, 1910, akaenda neine injini inoputika kubva ku Pho Tho hypodrome kubva kuSaigon kuti iite rwendo rwekutanga kubhururuka pamusoro penzvimbo yeAsia. Vanenge 100.000 1882 vaoni vakapinda mundege iyi yenhoroondo. Pakutanga, aida kubhururuka nendege dzinoverengeka muSingapore, asi zviremera ikoko zvakanga zvamurambidza. Vakaita izvi nekuti havana kupa rukudzo urwu kune mudziyo wakagadzirwa muFrance. Saka ndezvekuti mujaho wemotokari weBelgian uye mutyairi wendege Josef Christiaens (1919-1911) ndiye akatanga muna Kurume XNUMX mundege yeBritish Bristol kuita kuti nzvimbo yemhepo iri pamusoro peSingapore isachengeteke.

Pakati paJanuary 1911, Van den Born, uyo panguva iyoyo akanga agamuchira simbiso kubva kumakanika maviri akanga afamba achimutevera, akasvika muBangkok. Musi wa31 Ndira, pakati pekufarira kukuru uye pamberi paMambo Rama VI, akakwira kubva panzvimbo ye Royal Bangkok Sports Club pane yake Henri Farman IV biplane 'Wanda'. Kumeso edu, mumwe wemaFarmans akachengetedzwa zvishoma anoratidzika seasati aitika kare sedhinaso, asi kune mhomho yevanhu vakashamiswa vakaratidza chitarisiko muguta guru reSiamese, ndege iyi ndiyo yaiva yepamusoro pemazuva ano uye unyanzvi hweinjiniya. Makumi ezviuru akauya kuzoshamiswa nendege yokutanga yaiva pamusoro Siam. Uye kuti kuita kwaVan den Born kwakaitika pakati pekufarira kukuru kunosimbiswa mune diary yekupinda yandakawana. Cora Lee Seward, mudzimai weUS charge d'affaires Hamilton King, akanyora pamusoro peiyo 31.^e Ndira 1911 mudhayari yake: '...kuAviation Sangana paSports Club. Paiva nechaunga chikuru ipapo. Takanakidzwa nokusangana neshamwari dzekare sokuona Mr. van der Born anobhururuka mubiplane yake. Yakasimuka zvakanaka & yakadzika zvakanaka asi nekuda kwemhepo yaive ipfupi kwenguva. Yakaita ndege dzakawanda nemutakuri mumwe panguva. Takauya ndege isati yakwana kutiza mhomho yevanhu.'

Van den Born anonzi akapa kuratidzira muBangkok kwevhiki uye ndege dzake nhatu dzakaratidzwa paSa Pathum horse race track kwemavhiki matatu. Van den Born anonzi ndiye akananga kumashure kwekusikwa kweThai Air Force. Mushure mezvose, Mambo Rama VI akafadzwa zvikuru nemanomano aVan den Borns zvekuti musi wa12 Kukadzi 1912 akatumira mapurisa matatu kuFrance kunodzidziswa sevatyairi vendege. Mushure mekuwana marezinesi avo ekutyaira, vatatu vacho vakadzokera kuBangkok muna Mbudzi 1913. Vakauya nendege ina dzeBreguet uye 4 Nieuports IV dzakagadzira hwaro hweThai Air Force.

Mufananidzo waVan den Born's Farman muHong Kong airport passenger terminal. (DAN SCANDAL / Shutterstock.com)

Chikamu chekupedzisira cherwendo rwake chakatora Van den Born kuFar East. Akauya muchikepe pakupera kwaFebruary 1911 SS Doria yakasvika muHong Kong nendege dzayo nhatu dzakabviswa. MuHong Kong, zvisinei, vanhu vakapindura vasingadi zvikuru kuchikumbiro chaVan den Born chokuti vabvumidzwe kupa ratidziro yokubhururuka vachitya kuti vangangove vasori. Mushure mekukurukurirana kwakawanda nevakuru, mushure mekupindira kwevamwe vanamuzvinabhizinesi vakakosha, akazobvumidzwa kubhururuka kekutanga pamusoro peguta kubva kumahombekombe padyo neSha Tin mukupera kwemasikati kwaKurume 18. Mufananidzo waVan den Born's Farman anga akarembera munzvimbo inotakura vanhu yeHong Kong airport kwemakore akati wandei semutero kune izvi. ndegepiyona. Akapedzisa rwendo rwake rweAsia 'Grand Tour' nekupindazve kuratidzira kubhururuka muCanton neMacau.

Munguva yeHondo Yenyika Yekutanga, Van den Born akatungamira chimwe chezvikoro zveBelgian Air Force muFrance. Hondo yapera akadzokera kuIndochina kwaakabatsira kugadzira nhandare yendege yeSaigon uye kubva kuma1936s akarima munda. Muna Zvita XNUMX akaitwa semuFrench achitenda mabasa ake aakaita kurudzi rweFrance… Munguva yeHondo Yenyika II, akabatwa nemaJapan akatambudzwa nemapurisa emauto eJapan, Kempeitai. Zvisinei, akapona muhusungwa hwake uye akadzokera kuFrance achirwara uye akaparadzwa munguva yeIndochina War.

Charles Van den Akazvarwa akafa muna 1958 Maison de Retraite des Médaillés de l'ordre de la Légion d'Honneur munhare St.-Val muFrench St. Germain-en-Laye.