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[[File:Felix 2163727816 61f4a09819 o.jpg|thumb|300px|Julien Félix, {{circa|1910-1914}}]]

Major '''Julien-Alexandre Félix''' <ref>[https://www.air-journal.fr/2015-08-05-le-5-aout-1911-dans-le-ciel-felix-vole-a-3-490-metres-un-record-5147026.html "Le 5 août 1911 dans le ciel: Félix vole à 3 490 mètres, un record"] by Stéphanie Meyniel ''Air Journal'' (August 5, 2015); retrieved April 7, 2021</ref> (March 2, 1869 in [[Limoges]] - June 17, 1914 in [[Chartres]]<ref>[https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6554320t/f16.image.r=F%C3%A9lix.langFR "La Mort Du Commandant Félix"] ''La Revue Aérienne'' (June 25, 1914, p. 342) via [[Bibliothèque nationale de France|BnF]]; retrieved April 7, 2021</ref>) was the director of manoeuvres in the [[France|French]] [[Military]] [[flying school|Aviation School]], École militaire de Pau.<ref>{{cite news |title=Loss of military aviation for the year 1911 |url=http://albindenis.free.fr/Site_escadrille/debut_aviation_militaire3.htm |date=September 9, 1913 |access-date=2011-12-11}}</ref> He set the [[Flight altitude record|altitude record]] on August 5, 1911 in [[Étampes]] in France by climbing to 11,330 feet in 63 minutes, breaking the record of [[Georges Legagneux]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Ascends 11,330 Feet. Capt. Felix Exceeds Legagneux's Record, But Not Hoxsey's. |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/08/06/100500165.pdf |work=[[New York Times]] |date=August 6, 1911 |access-date=August 27, 2009 }}</ref>

Félix died while testing a [[List of aircraft (pre-1914)|1912 Drzewiecki Canard monoplane]] built by [[Stefan Drzewiecki]].

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