Jean Louis Conneau

Jean Louis Conneau (8 February 1880 Lodève, Hérault, France – 5 August 1937, Lodève), better known by the pseudonym André Beaumont, was a pioneer French aviator, French Navy lieutenant, and flying boat manufacturer.

Flying career Conneau used the pseudonym "Beaumont" because, as a serving member of the French armed forces, he was not permitted to use his own name. He earned his French pilot's license, No. 322, on 7 December 1910, and his military pilot's license, No. 4, on 18 December 1911.

Aircraft manufacture

In 1912 he became the technical director of Donnet-Lévèque, which manufactured flying boats.

As a flying boat pilot, he commanded squadrons at Nice, Bizerte, Dunkirk, and Venice during World War I (1914–1918). He worked at Franco-British Aviation perfecting flying boats for the French Navy from 1915 until 1919.

Publications

Mes trois grandes courses, (My three major races) Hachette, Paris, 1912.