Clément ADER (inscribed to René FONCK)
Les vérités sur l'utilisation de l'aviation militaire avant et pendant la guerre - Exemplaire de l'As des As René Fonck[The truths about the use of military aviation before and during the war – Copy from the ‘Ace of Aces’ René Fonck]
Les frères Douladoure|Toulouse 1919|14 x 22.50 cm|broché
First edition of this work published in Toulouse, cradle of aeronautics.
Precious and rare signed autograph inscription by Clément Ader to René Fonck, « l'As des As » of French aviation, who achieved the highest number of aerial victories during the First World War: « à monsieur René Fonck membre du Comité de Direction de l'Aéro-Club. En souvenir du 2 mars reconnaissant hommage. »
This remarkable dedication was most likely written on 2 March 1922 on the occasion of a banquet held by the Aéro-Club de France at the Palais d'Orsay, celebrating the award of the Commander's insignia of the Légion d'honneur to Clément Ade
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