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PRECURSEURS AVIATION - ERINNOPHILIE - PRIX CHAMPAGNE...

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PRECURSEURS AVIATION - ERINNOPHILIE - PRIX CHAMPAGNE RUINART père & fils. JACQUES de LESSEPS CROSSES THE CHANNEL from France to England, 42 kilometers in 42 minutes, on May 21, 1910, and wins the 12,500 franc prize attached to his feat. VIGNETTE dentelé, printed by Ets DEBAR of Reims, green-blue and blue lithograph. It shows the Blériot aircraft and its pilot, seen from above, following the destroyer l'Escopette, tasked with leading the way (Silombra 217).