![]() Among the pilots was the Baroness Raymonde de Laroche, real name Élise Deroche, and the first woman ever to enter an aviation meeting. Several had their planes damaged en route. ![]() ![]() A five-kilometre course was laid out in the desert, overlooked by two grandstands, and 12 pilots and 18 planes were entered in the competition. The head of the organising committee was Prince Ahmed Fouad, who would in 1922 become King Fouad I. In other words, just seven years after the historic Wright Brothers flight that marked the birth of powered aviation.įor the purpose of the meet an Egyptian Aero Club was created, and the event was also supported by the Automobile Club of Egypt, the Egyptian Tourism Association and the French Ligue National Aérienne. This poster doesn’t include the date, but it was 6–13 February 1910. According to the catalogue description it is a poster promoting the first aviation meet held in Africa, which was organized by Baron Édouard Empain and took place at Heliopolis. The latest online catalogue pinged into my inbox yesterday and one of the items in a forthcoming 25 February sale caught my eye ( see above). I’ve been on its mailing list ever since. ![]() ![]() I bought the wonderful poster that in a slightly Photoshopped form features on the cover of Grand Hotels of Egypt from an auction house in New York. ![]()
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