Rare French Poster - Famous Record Breaking Aviators c.1930 (Chris Balm Vintage Aviation & Motoring Items)

Rare French Poster - Famous Record Breaking Aviators c.1930

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Rare French Poster - Famous Record Breaking Aviators c.1930

Rare French Poster - Famous Record Breaking Aviators c.1930 (Detail)

Rare, original French aviation poster designed by E. Dugas and published by the "Ligue Aéronautique De France" (Aeronautical League of France) around 1930.

This very attractive poster is printed in 5 colours by the chromo-lithographic process. It is entitled "Le Jue Des Grands Raids" which translates as "The Game of the Great Flights" and shows a Liore et Olivier "Leo 21" airliner (as used by the French airline "Air Union") flying over a coastline against a sunset. Above are images of six famous aviators of the period, all of which made epic or record breaking flights. They are as follows : Hugo Eckener, Arturo Ferrarin, Charles Lindbergh, Dieudonne Costes, A.H. Orlebar and Martin Ignacio Jimenez. At some point the poster has been professionally backed with linen as well as being mounted and framed. Dimensions including frame : 512mm x 392mm, image area : 425mm x 304mm. Excellent condition (some wear to paint on frame). The poster and mount can easily be removed from, and sent without frame to reduce the cost of shipping.

Details of these record breaking pilots are as follows :

Hugo Eckener : Eckener was the manager of the German "Zeppelin Company" and made over 200 successful airship flights during is career, including piloting the famous Graf Zeppelin around the world in August 1929.

Lieut. Arturo Ferrarin : This Italian along with ten other pilots flew 11 aircraft from Rome to Tokyo in 1920. A number of incidents on the journey meant that only Ferrarin and Guido Masier completed the journey. In 1926 he piloted a Macchi M.39 seaplane in the Schneider Trophy held at Hampton Roads, U.S.A. In 1928, Lieut. Ferrarin along with his co-pilot Major Del Prete broke the world duration record in a Savoia Marchetti S.64, staying airborne for 58 hours 37 minutes, covering 5,000 miles.

Charles Lindbergh : Charles Lindbergh was a U.S. airmail pilot who in 1927 was the first person to fly single handed, non-stop from New York to Paris. He flew a monoplane called "The Spirit of St. Louis" which was specially built by Ryan. He departed from Long Island on May 20th and landed at Le Bourget on 21st May, 33.5 hours later.

Capt. Dieudonne Costes : In 1928, Costes, a pilot with the French air line, "Air Union" made a round the world flight with his navigator Joseph LeBrix in a Breguet XIX biplane named "Nungesser et Coli", covering nearly 36,000 miles in 338 hours. In 1929 he paired with Bellonte in a Breguet biplane, the "Point D'Interrogation" ("The Question Mark") and flew non stop from Le Bourget to Manchuria covering 4940 miles. On the return journey he broke his previous record for the Hanoi-Paris flight. They completed the journey in 4 days 11.5 hours, breaking his previous record by 6 hours. Soon after Costes and Paul Codos, also in the "Question Mark" broke the duration record, flying 5,014 miles in 52.5 hours.

Wing Com. A. H. Orlebar : In 1929 Orlebar was the head of the Royal Air Force's "High Speed Flight" which won the Schneider Trophy seaplane race held in Calshot, England flying a Supermarine S.6. Orlebar later used an S.6. to achieve 357.7 mph over 1.86 miles, breaking the world air speed record.

Capt. Martin Ignacio Jimenez : In 1928, this Spanish military aviator along with Capt. Francisco Iglesias, flew their plane, the "Jesus del Gran Poder" from Seville to Mesopotamia. In March 1929 they flew the same aeroplane non stop across the Atlantic between Seville and Bahia, and then back to Spain via several South and Central American countries.

Inventory No. A-118

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