Gustav Blondeau

Gustav Jules Eugene Blondeau was an early pilot and went on to form Hewlett & Blondeau Limited, an aircraft manufacturer in the United Kindgdom. He was born 8 March 1871 at Tregnier, France and graduated from Farman Aircraft at Mourmelon in France on July 10 1910 then joining the Gnome engine works. He later opened his own flying school at Brooklands, Surrey, (the famous motor racing circuit) where he met Hilda Hewlett.

Together they formed Hewlett and Blondeau and built Farman, Caudron, Avro and Hanriot aircraft under licence, they were the first UK producers of Caudron aircraft.