- Carl Cederström
Infobox Person
name = Carl Gustav Cederström
image_size = 250px
caption = Cederström circa 1915
birth_date =March 5 ,1867
birth_place =Södertälje
death_date =June 29 ,1918
death_place =Gulf of Bothnia
occupation =Aviator
spouse =
parents = Maria Cecilia Wennerström
Anders Cederström
children =
Friherre Carl Gustav Alexander Cederström (5 March 1867 –29 June 1918 ) was a pioneering Swedish aviator.Biography
Cederström was born to Anders Cederström and Maria Cecilia (
née ) Wennerström inSödertälje , and he was baptized inStockholm . [ International Genealogical Index and tombstone ]The first successful flight in Sweden was achieved by a French aviator on
19 July 1909 . Cederström received a French certificate for aviation in 1910 from the Blériot flying school, to become the 74th pilot in the world. He was followed byHugo Sundstedt , who was the second in Sweden to fly, and the first to receive a certificate issued in Sweden.Also in 1910, the first Swedish-built aircraft, the "Grasshopper", took flight. The plane was a modified
Blériot XI built inLandskrona in southern Sweden by Hjalmar Nyrop and Oscar Ask.In 1912 Cederström started a flight school with four military students at Malmen, near
Linköping . The following summer he left Malmen, and his hangars were taken over by theSwedish Army . [ [http://www.aiaa.org/content.cfm?pageid=449 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - History - Sweden ] at www.aiaa.org] The former flight school became the first permanent base for Army aviators.Cederström perished in an accident on
29 June 1918 , as his plane went down in theGulf of Bothnia .External links
* [http://www.earlyaviators.com/ecederst.htm Early Aviators: Cederström]
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