Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894 – 1986)
was a French photographer and painter, known for his photographs of automobile races, planes and Parisian fashion female models.
Gabriel Voisin’s flight in the Archdeacon, 1904
Gabriel Voisin was an aviation pioneer and the creator of Europe's first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of a sustained (1 km), circular, controlled flight, which was made by Henry Farman on January 13, 1908 near Paris, France.
The ZYX 24 Takes Off, Rouzat, 1910
Maurice Lartigue trying to take off in a home-made glider named the ZYX 24.

Farman biplan, 1910
Maurice Lartigue dans le vent de l'hélice de l'aéroplane Esnault-Pelterie, 1911
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