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Title: Aerodrome du Polygone |
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Description: A military type train of kites lifts an observer. POLYGONE de PONTELIEUE AERODROME. Opening hours:...visit the planes in the hangars before the morning and evening flights. Admission prices: ... , visit the planes in the hangars - 1 franc, half price for children under 12 and servicemen. EVENTS DURING THE EXPOSITION: Sunday night, August 26, a symphony concert by The Neopolitan Ladies, outdoor movies, and LIGHT SHOW. Sunday, August 27, Distribution of 2,000 free gifts to the first 2,000 visitors with entry tickets, MUSIC FESTIVAL. Sunday night, military concert, Symphonic concert by the Neopolitan Ladies, movies, FIREWORKS, flares. The Mayor invites residents to rejoice and light up their houses. The Mayor of Le Mans: L. Legue. In August 1911, the city of Le Mans, France held a festival at the local Aerodrome, the Polygone de Pontlieue. A small air meet was held, which included demonstration flights, airplane competitions, and a man being lifted by kites. There were also concerts, films, fireworks, and light shows. The poster shows a Bleriot, Antoinette, Wright biplane, and others flying above a small sports stadium. The city of Le Mans is important to aviation history because it is where Wilbur Wright made his first European flight in 1908. This flight showed the French, who had been seriously experimenting with aircraft flight, how advanced the Wright Brothers’ designs were. Although the French were already flying, they had not figured out how to really control their airplanes in flight. Wilbur Wright made a perfectly controlled flight, demonstrating circles and figure eights, which the observers recognized as revolutionary. The 1908 flight in Le Mans is what got the Wright Brothers’ career going, since they were largely unappreciated in the United States before this time. |
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