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Early French Aviation, 19051930 (Images of Aviation),Used
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France has been called the cradle of aviation by many a fact that cannot be disputed, although some have tried. By the end of the 19th century, she led the world in lighterthanair flight. Any concern about heavierthanair flight was dismissed as inevitable, and France would achieve it in due course. By the time Blriot bravely enquired Which way is England? the country was ready to redress any perceived shortfall. Besides leading European aviation, France was the nation that named all the parts of an aeroplane with words many of which we still use everywhere today.France was also the first nation to stage air exhibitions. Unlike their counterparts in Britain, Germany and America, French designers were thoroughly entrepreneurial and tried a wide variety of adventurous styles from pusher to canard and monoplane to multiplane. In 1909 the first Air Show was held at the Grand Palais. The Exposition Internationale de locomotion arienne ushered in what was to become an enduring tradition. Every year, the aircraft exhibitions were a massive success. The interior design by Andr Granet, who since his youth had been fascinated by flying, was such a success that the AutomobileClub subsequently commissioned Granet to do the same for the car shows.It is not surprising that all this derringdo, all these technological achievements and all this innovation drew reporters and photographers like moths to a flame. The men, the machines, the places and the events all were recorded, reported, reproduced and then were filed away. Hundreds of images appeared in print, but thousands were printed up only as contact prints from largeformat glass negatives and then disappeared into albums to be forgotten about. In the mid1990s the author came across one such treasuretrove; a number of dustcovered albums containing around five hundred images of aircraft, airships and expositions it is doubtful if most have appeared in print before, so this will probably be the first time the events of these French pioneers have ever been showcased.
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