0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R1,000 - R2,500 (1)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 1 of 1 matches in All Departments

Raoul Lufbery and Marc Pourpe: From the Birth of Aviation to the Lafayette Escadrille; 1909-1918 (Hardcover): Dennis Gordon,... Raoul Lufbery and Marc Pourpe: From the Birth of Aviation to the Lafayette Escadrille; 1909-1918 (Hardcover)
Dennis Gordon, Jacques Mortane, Raoul Lufbery III; Translated by Anne Errelis
R1,011 Discovery Miles 10 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Two Great Knights of Adventure was written by Jacques Mortane in 1936. Mortane was on friendly terms with both Marc Pourpe and Raoul Lufbery and wrote the book as a tribute to the two pilots, both of whom were killed in the First World War. Due to the access that Mortane had to these early aviators, this was the best work on their lives, but it was never translated into English and is long out of print. American author and Lafayette Escadrille expert Dennis Gordon recently had the book translated into English and worked with Raoul Lufbery III to add significant new content via the Lufbery family archive (which accounts for roughly half of this new volume). Marc Pourpe began working with aircraft in 1909, just after completing his schooling at Harrow. By 1911 he had attempted to construct his own aircraft from scratch and learned to fly, before receiving an official license. After receiving his license he began flying in races and exhibitions, first in France and then throughout the empire. He met Raoul Lufbery in Calcutta in 1912 and brought on the young American as a mechanic. Both Pourpe and Lufbery flew in WWI. Pourpe was killed in a crash in 1914, while Lufbery went on to be one of the top aces in the Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery was killed in 1918.

Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Alfred Dunhill Custom Eau De Toilette…
 (1)
R2,188 R862 Discovery Miles 8 620
Loot
Nadine Gordimer Paperback  (2)
R391 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620
Loot
Nadine Gordimer Paperback  (2)
R391 R362 Discovery Miles 3 620
Kung Fu Panda 2
Blu-ray disc R120 Discovery Miles 1 200
Sellotape Double-Sided Tape (12mm x 33m)
R61 Discovery Miles 610
Scottish Dances Vol 4
Various Artists CD R515 Discovery Miles 5 150
Elecstor 18W In-Line UPS (Black)
R999 R698 Discovery Miles 6 980
Peptine Pro Equine Hydrolysed Collagen…
 (2)
R359 R249 Discovery Miles 2 490
Energizer Max Alkaline Batteries (AAA…
R199 R183 Discovery Miles 1 830
Ultra Link UL-TMT2160 Flat TV Mount Wall…
R199 R167 Discovery Miles 1 670

 

Partners