Paulhan Collection

Early aerial photograph and aviators
An early aerial photograph of Paris captured during Emile Dubonnet's (1883-1940) pioneering 65 mile flight from Juvisy to Orleans in 1910

Paulhan sur biplan Voisin, a Betheny (engraving)
5228536 Paulhan sur biplan Voisin, a Betheny (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Paulhan sur biplan Voisin, a Betheny)

Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). Creator: Unknown
Grahame White and Mr. Churchill, 1910, (1945). British politician and statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), second from left, with aviation pioneers Claude Grahame-White, second from right

The winner of the £10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937)
The winner of the £ 10, 000 prize for the flight from London to Manchester, 1910 (c1937). Pioneering French aviator Louis Paulhan (1883-1963)

Louis Paulhan flying in Farman III 1909
Louis Paulhan, pioneering French aviator flying in Farman III biplane, in a competition in Blackpool, September 1909. Date: September 1909

Louis Paulhan in Blackpool
Louis Paulhan (1883 1963), pioneering French aviator. Louis seated in his French biplane Farman III, at a competition at Blackpool in September 1909

Paulhans Flight
October 1909: Paulhans flight in a Farman biplane in half a gale during Blackpool Flying Week. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

M. Paulhan, and early French aviation pioneer in a biplane

Aviation competition at Rheims, 1909, Farman, Latham & Paulh
Page from the Bystander reporting on the record flights made at Rheims Aviation Meeting in 1909. showing the winner, Henri Farman who flew 116 miles in 3 hours, 4 minutes

Paulhan to Manchester
Louis Paulhan narrowly beats Grahame-White in a flight from London to Manchester (landing en route) : his plane - a Farman biplane - is virtually identical to Grahame-White s. Date: 28th April 1910

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