Traian Vuia
Romanian aviation pioneer
Died when: 78 years 17 days (936 months)Star Sign: Leo
Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia (Romanian pronunciation: [tra'jan 'vuja];August 17, 1872 – September 3, 1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built and tested the first tractor monoplane.
He was the first to demonstrate that a flying machine could rise into the air by running on wheels on an ordinary road.
He is credited with a powered hop of 11 m (36 ft) made on March 18, 1906, and he later claimed a powered hop of 24 m (79 ft).
Though unsuccessful in sustained flight, Vuia's invention influenced Louis Blériot in designing monoplanes.Later, Vuia also designed helicopters.A French citizen from 1918, Vuia led the Romanians (especially Transylvanians) of France in the Resistance during World War II.
He returned to Romania just before his death in 1950.
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