Please answer the following question: Facts: - death place: vincennes , paris , france - known for: the with louis bleriot in the year 1910 , record breaking world pioneer aviator who carried seven , eight , eleven passengers 's first test pilot , by contract - caption: leon lemartin - death date: 18 june 1911 - birth date: 20 october 1883 - name: leon lemartin - nationality: french - image: leon lemartin.jpg - birth place: dunes , tarn-et-garonne - occupation: aircraft engineer and pilot Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of leon lemartin .
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theodore clovis edmond lemartin , known as leon lemartin -lrb- 20 october 1883 dunes , tarn-et-garonne -- 18 june 1911 , vincennes -rrb- was a pioneer aviator who set a world record on 3 february 1911 at pau , france when he carried seven passengers in a bleriot xiii '' aerobus '' .he then took eight , eleven and thirteen passengers aloft the following month .the son of a blacksmith , in 1902 he became a graduate '' gadz ' art '' , an engineer of ' arts and crafts ' of the Ecole nationale superieure d'arts et metiers -lrb- ensam -rrb- -- a prestigious university -lrb- grande ecole -rrb- specialising in engineering .his aeronautic career included working with gabriel voisin , the seguin brothers , henri farman , ernest archdeacon and louis bleriot .he was present when bleriot made the historic first crossing of the english channel in 1909 .on 4 october 1910 he was awarded aviator 's certificate number 249 by the aero-club de france .on 24 may 1911 , three weeks before his death , he reportedly surpassed the world speed record although it was never officially recognized .he achieved over the flight between etampes and toury in a bleriot using his own enhancements to the gnome omega motor .he died in a crash on 18 june 1911 during the paris -- london -- paris leg of '' le circuit europeen '' -lrb- tour of europe -rrb- air race .he was still within sight of the reportedly ' up to 1 million ' spectators at the take-off in vincennes .