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Noyade: Maybe the Vuia No.1?
Yes, by following your suggestion, I have found some evidence about his flights in 1906.

(1), (2), (4) - Feb., March and Aug., 1906 - Technical descriptions of Vuia's plane, pictures included. A witnessed ground test (Feb. 5 1906) with the chassis of the plane, without wings, running at 20 km/h, is mentioned.

(3) - Apr. 1906 - An article about a short 12 m flight that took place on March 18, 1906. No witness is mentioned.

(5) - Sep. 1906 - An article about a few takeoffs, the longest being 24 m. An officer is mention as a witness but his name is not given.

(6) - Oct. 1906 - An article about two public and controlled flights performed by Vuia on 7 and 14 October 1906. The first lasted 0.4 sec covering 4 m at a height of 20 cm, the second lasted 0.6 sec. Santos Dumont was one of the witnesses.

(7) - Dec. 1906 - An article with some pictures, one of them showing Vuia's plane running on the ground. A 5-6 m flight is mentioned.

1) "L'AÉROPLANE SUR ROUES DE M. VUIA ", L'Aérophile, pag. 53-54, Feb. 1906, L'Aérophile (Paris)

2) "L'aéroplane Vuia", L'Automobile en Seine-et-Oise. Revue mensuelle. Organe du Club automobile, pag. 7-11, March 5, 1906, L'Automobile en Seine-et-Oise. Revue mensuelle. Organe du Club automobile ["puis" de l'Automobile-club] de Seine-et-Oise

3) "Nouveaux essais de l'Aéroplane Vuia", L'Aérophile, pag. 105-106, April 1906, L'Aérophile (Paris)

4) "L'Aéroplane Vuia", La Nature, No. 1733 - Aug. 11, 1906, pag. 164-166, CNUM - 4KY28.70 : p.165 - ima.169

5) "L'Aéroplane à moteur de M. Vuia", L'Aérophile, pag. 195-196, Sep. 1906, L'Aérophile (Paris)

6) "L'aéroplane Vuia", L'Aérophile, pag. 242-243, Oct. 1906, L'Aérophile (Paris)

7) "Dirigeables et Aéroplanes", LE SPORT UNIVERSEL ILLUSTRÉ, No. 542, pag. 799-800, Dec. 30, 1906, Le Sport universel illustré
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