Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
Louis Breguet experimented with airplanes for many years at Douai, France, and gradually evolved, step by step, one of the best of the early flying machines. It is interesting to note that the first successful helicopter to lift a man was built by him and M. Richet in 1907, the total weight [...]
Most widely produced military aircraft of the interwar period
The “Question Mark” made the Paris – New York flight in 1930
an aircraft featured on the Hall of Fame of the Air
Captain Dieudonne Costes and navigator Maurice Bellonte flew this specially modified red Breguet 19, “Point d’Interrogation,” or “Question Mark” on the first non-stop, Paris to [...]