Title

Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Artist: Flight Photo.

Caption

Henri Salmet, the great Bleriot pilot, at Hendon, London, 1912 (1933). Henri Salmet (1878-1929) was an early French aviator. In July and August 1912 he took part in the Wake Up England aviation tour organised by Claude Grahame-White, and sponsored by the Daily Mail newspaper aiming to promote public interest in aviation. From History of British Aviation 1908-1914, Volume I, by R. Dallas Brett [The Aviation Book Club, London, 1933]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1933

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C77_046

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

88,2Mb (7,2Mb) / 16,1in x 21,3in / 4816 x 6400 (300dpi)

Keywords

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