Picture No | 12036034 |
Date | 13th January 1908 |
Description | Aeroplane flight by Henri Farman 1908 |
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Record aeroplane flight at Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside Paris by Henri Farman (1874 - 1958), British-French aviator. Wins the Deutsch-Archdeacon prize of 50,000 francs, for flying kilometre in a closed circuit without touching ground and landing for 1 minute and 28 seconds.
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Source | Photographs in 'The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News', 18 January 1908, page 801 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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