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Nieuport: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport 1875-1911
Gerard Pommier
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Description for Nieuport: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport 1875-1911
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 150 b/w photos. BIC Classification: BGH; TRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 794.
This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson GŽrard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in the First World War. Described are the achievements of this extraordinarily talented engineer (who died at age thirty-six), of his brother Charles (killed less than two years later), and of the splendid company bearing their name Ð which at one time led the world in airplane production, and continued its activity until 1936. The book is enhanced by many unpublished photographs from the ... Read more
This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson GŽrard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in the First World War. Described are the achievements of this extraordinarily talented engineer (who died at age thirty-six), of his brother Charles (killed less than two years later), and of the splendid company bearing their name Ð which at one time led the world in airplane production, and continued its activity until 1936. The book is enhanced by many unpublished photographs from the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
794 g
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764316241
SKU
V9780764316241
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