NIEUPORT 1-27 FRENCH FIGHTERS FAMILY

50 foto d’archivio, 50 artwork a colori e 4 pagine di disegni al tratto dell’aereo preso in esame.

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The aerial combat during the Great War1 gave life to numerous legends about flying machines and the men who flew them. It was a result of passion for flying. For to fly into the sky had been the man’s dream for ages. Also to the domain of dreams belonged the time when the knight was the live example of all virtues and nobility, courage and devotion in defense of the weaker and the abused. Most of us will remember the Excalibur – King Arthur’s legendary sword – or Don Quixote, the knight-errant of La Mancha’s brave horse, Rosinante.