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AÉRO-CLUB DE FRANCE
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151
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AÉRO-CLUB DE FRANCE
See original version (French)
Estimate €600 - €800
Voluntary lot
Description
AÉRO-CLUB DE FRANCE
11 letters, 1928–1936, to Jean Mermoz; 1 typewritten page, quarto size, each on letterhead.
Invitations; awarding of the Aéro-Club’s grand vermeil medal (March 1928); inspection of the route from Saint-Louis, Senegal, to Natal and the record to be broken (February–March 1930); certification of records (April–May 1930)… Plus 30 notices of meetings and circulars, agendas, minutes, etc., for the Air Transport Commission, 1935–1936.
Enclosed: – 8 letters or circulars from the Association of Aviation Professionals (APNA), 1929–1936, including 3 registered letters from President Sadi-Lecointe; – 25 letters or circulars (and minutes, copies of letters to the Ministry of the Air and to *L’Humanité*, etc.) from the Association of Air Force Reserve Officers, 1935–1936; – the programme for a gala evening organised by the French Aeronautical League, featuring a lecture by Mermoz (Caen, 18 February 1935)
Provenance: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936);
- Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955);
- Subsequently passed down through the family
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