Wilbur Wright flying over the Hunaudières near Le Mans ( 1908 )- impression d'une peinture à la gouache -
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This is a print of a gouache painting, which shows Wilbur Wright's Flyer A while conducting a turn over the Hunaudières racecourse near Le Mans in November 1908.
Caractéristiques
| Auteur | Paul Lengellé |
| Format | 30 x 22,4 x 1 cm |
Descriptif
Il s'agit d'une impression d'une peinture à la gouache, qui montre le Flyer A de Wilbur Wright alors qu'il effectue un virage au-dessus de l'hippodrome des Hunaudières, près du Mans, en novembre 1908.
Wilbur Wright banks his Flyer A over the Hunaudières racecourse near Le Mans ( France ) in November, 1908, during one of more than 100 demonstration flights he made in France from Aug. 8th, 1908, to Jan. 2nd, 1909. Trying to sell in vain their airplane to the U.S. Army, the Wright brothers had received an invitation by a French syndicate to demonstrate the Flyer A in Paris. The said invitation had spurred the U.S. Army to take a new look at the airplane.
Wilbur was in charge of the French demonstrations, while Orville conducted the U.S. program at Fort Myer, Va. In France, negociations with the syndicate broke down, so Wilbur returned home to Dayton, Ohio, in the fall of 1907, leaving the airplane in storage at Le Havre. Negociations continued by mail and Wilbur returned to France in May, 1908. Unfortunately, the Flyer A was so poorly crated that it took three months to repair the damages. The delay brought criticism and skepticism from the French press. But the first flight made at Le Mans reversed this. The famous French pilot Louis Bleriot flatly stated : ’ Wright is a genius. He is the master of us all. ’ The first flight in France lasted 1 minute, 45 seconds.
Wilbur Wright won many cash prizes and trophies as he moved his demonstrations from Le Mans to the artillery range at nearby Camp d'Auvours and finally to the Hunaudières.
Wilbur was in charge of the French demonstrations, while Orville conducted the U.S. program at Fort Myer, Va. In France, negociations with the syndicate broke down, so Wilbur returned home to Dayton, Ohio, in the fall of 1907, leaving the airplane in storage at Le Havre. Negociations continued by mail and Wilbur returned to France in May, 1908. Unfortunately, the Flyer A was so poorly crated that it took three months to repair the damages. The delay brought criticism and skepticism from the French press. But the first flight made at Le Mans reversed this. The famous French pilot Louis Bleriot flatly stated : ’ Wright is a genius. He is the master of us all. ’ The first flight in France lasted 1 minute, 45 seconds.
Wilbur Wright won many cash prizes and trophies as he moved his demonstrations from Le Mans to the artillery range at nearby Camp d'Auvours and finally to the Hunaudières.
( source : label on the back )
