French Aeroplanes Before the Great War is a catalog of the aeroplanes of the nearly 700 French builders who worked before the onset of World War I. Most of these aeroplanes flew some did not some were never even finished but all of them reflect the extraordinary vitality and sense of optimism that powered the aeronautical world before the future of the aeroplane began to become clearer in wartime. If the Wrights had not flown in 1903, one of the early French builders would very quickly have won the laurels for the first flight. Some of the machines appear in these pages probably for the first time in print; others are rarely seen. This collection serves as a kind of super Exposition Internationale de Locomotion Aerienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft. AUTHOR:
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
ISBN-13
9780764307522
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94916139
Product Key Features
Book Title
French Aerlanes before the Great War
Author
Leonard E. Opdycke
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Government, History, Aircraft
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
279mm
Item Width
216mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Leonard E. Opdycke
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
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