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Edmond Thieffry (28 September 1892 – 11 April 1929) was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and the then Belgian Congo.

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“Reaching the goal is a matter of patience.”
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“The Negro race is not amenable to progress, they venerate and fear us.”
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“Until late, the frank Gallic gaiety will resound in the stately night of the Niger.”
“The air's grip on the wings rips our wheels free from the earth and we pass in the nick of time over the tops of the trees.”
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“I put on my uniform and waited, my heart pounded with emotion, Leopoldville was waiting for my arrival. The security forces had to direct almost three hundred cars belonging to the colonials, a crowd gathered around the Sabenahangars of the airport.”

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“Though he didn't sneer at the honour, to those who knew him, Thieffry remained the simple man he's always been. With him, excesses of behavior or speech had been banned with the same intransigence as boasting. An endearing companion to his comrades, he loved sincere and loyal friends and abhorred impostors and talkers.”
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About Edmond Thieffry

Edmond Thieffry (28 September 1892 – 11 April 1929) was a Belgian First World War air ace and aviation pioneer. He made, with Léopold Roger and Jef de Bruycker, the first successful flight between Belgium and the then Belgian Congo.