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1910 Léon Delagrange killed in airplane crash...
1910 Léon Delagrange killed in airplane crash...
Item # 716167
January 04, 1910
THE EVENING TRIBUNE, San Diego, Jan. 4, 1910
* Aviator Léon Delagrange killed
* French sculpture and aviation pionner
* Early airplane flight in France
The top of the front page has a three column pictorial with heading: "AVIATOR KILLED; Meets Death Making Flight" Also a one column heading: "MONOPLANE FALLS TO EARTH" with subheads. (see images)
Surprisingly this issue is in good condition being from the "wood pulp" era. Very hard to find issues that are not totally fragile from this era in paper.
Complete with 10 pages, small library stamp within the masthead, some small binding holes along the spine, a few small archival mends, generally nice.
AI notes: Léon Delagrange, a pioneering French aviator and one of the first licensed pilots (license no. 3), was killed on January 4, 1910, when his Blériot monoplane crashed near Bordeaux due to a reported wing failure. As one of aviation’s early trailblazers, his death highlighted the significant risks faced by early pilots during the infancy of powered flight.
Category: The 20th Century
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