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Mr. Le Besnier

Mr. Le Besnier

Postby JoeF » Thu Oct 01, 2015 6:14 am

Mr. Le Besnier

Some tease:
http://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-the ... 48945.html
http://www.skytamer.com/1600-1699.html
http://invention.psychology.msstate.edu ... v1891.html
https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1qu ... de_Besnier

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Re: Mr. Le Besnier

Postby Bob Kuczewski » Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:12 pm

I understand that the field of aeronautics was pretty immature in those days but ...
       ... it wouldn't take a genius to guess that this would be a disaster.

I have to give credit for the fanciful artwork though!!!
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Re: Mr. Le Besnier

Postby Frank Colver » Sun Oct 04, 2015 8:04 pm

When will one of those show at Dockweiler?

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