BIPLANE FLYING OVER NICE, FRANCE : EARLY AVIATION HISTORY : RPPC 1910

This vintage postcard is a great remnant of early aviation history. The card features a biplane flying low over the city of Nice, France. There are many spectators watching the plane fly over the Mediterranean Sea. Note the sailboats in the sea as well as a second plane seen in the distance. This card was produced by the Giletta studio, located in Nice. The message on the reverse of the postcard indicates that it was written in 1910. This card was published just seven years after the Wright brothers made their historic first flight.  (SOLD)

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FRENCH AVIATION PIONEER ROGER SOMNER PILOTS HIS BIPLANE (VINTAGE REAL PHOTO POSTCARD)

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This vintage real photo postcard features a portrait of French aviator Roger Somner (1877-1965) sitting in the pilot seat  of his 1910 biplane. Somner was an aviation pioneer. The Washington Herald (1909) reported that he broke a world record in a Farman Biplane by flying one hour and fifty minutes at the height of 80 feet. This was a record due to the length of time logged in the air. The Oregon News (1909) described an international aviation contest involving at least five nations competing for about 401,000 dollars worth of prizes. Somner was representing France while the American competitor was Glenn Curtiss (another celebrated aviation pioneer). The Lewiston Evening Journal (1910) reported that Somner ad established a new world record by piloting a plane with three passengers for a total of five minutes. Somner was clearly a brave man. This vintage postcard has a postmark from the French city of Bordeaux in 1951.

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