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{{Short description|French inventor (1888–?)}}
In [[aerospace]], '''Maxime Guillaume''' (born 1888) was an agricultural engineer who filed a French patent for a [[turbojet]] engine in 1921.

The first patent for using a [[gas turbine]] to power an aircraft was filed in 1921 by  Guillaume. ," French patent no. 534,801 (filed: 3 May 1921; issued: 13 January 1922).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://v3.espacenet.com/origdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=FR534801&F=0&QPN=FR534801|publisher=Espace.net|language=French|title=Propulseur par réaction sur l'air|date=3 April 1922|accessdate = 11 January 2013}}</ref>  His engine was to be an axial-flow turbojet, but was never constructed, as it would have required considerable advances over the state of the art in [[compressor]]s.
[[File:Guillaume's 1921 Axial Flow Jet Engine.tiff|thumb|right|from Page 3 of Guillaume's patent]]

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