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# Henri Mignet

(1893–1965)   Design Engineer

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Henri Mignet was a design engineer.

## Quick Facts About Henri Mignet

Born October 19, 1893

Died August 31, 1965

Profession Design Engineer

## About Henri Mignet

French radio engineer and aircraft designer... \| Henri Mignet was a French radio engineer who became well known as an aircraft designer and builder. His most famous design is the Flying Flea family of aircraft.

##  Quotes by Henri Mignet

> [To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-mignet/to-fly-to-live-as-airmen-live-like-them-to-ride-the-skyways-from/)

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> [What is it in fact, this learning to fly? To be precise, it is 'to learn NOT to fly wrong.' To learn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henri-mignet/what-is-it-in-fact-this-learning-to-fly-to-be-precise-it-is-to-learn/)

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                        "text": "To fly! to live as airmen live! Like them to ride the skyways from horizon to horizon, across rivers and forests! To free oneself from the petty disputes of everyday life, to be active, to feel the blood renewed in one's vein - ah! that is life. . . . Life in finer and simpler. My will is freer. I appreciate everything more, sunlight and shade, work and my friends. The sky is vast. I breathe deep gulps of the fine clear air of the heights. I feel myself to have achieved a higher state of physical strength and a clearer brain. I am living in the third dimension!",
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