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 Aérienne; readers are invited to enter the Grand Palais, as they might have in 1908 or 1909, to enjoy these marvelous aircraft.
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This review is from: French Aeroplanes Before the Great War: (Schiffer Military History) (Hardcover)
This book is not easy to read. The book is vital reference source for early aviation enthusiast. The book covers a period when aviation was neither means of transportation or weapon. Aviation was newborn expensive sport, and pretty dangerous one. Famous engineers and passionate newbies had an even start, everything was new and untried. The book briefly covers this multitude of approaches and design concepts, providing overall picture of the first decade of heavier than air aeronautics in France. Gearheds will ask for a book with a lot more technical details, some will ask for more emphasis on people and circumstances. These books are yet to be written. There is substantial cornerstone for future builders ...
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This book contains all that is to be known about the numerous pionniers of French (and, at that time "world's) aeroplanes. Some of these contraptions went quickly to the rubbish heap, but the others laid the fondation for the heavier-than-air success up to now.
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