Aviator
This book is a visual biography of the legendary Swiss aviation pioneer Alfred Comte (1895–1965). Combining historical photos and documents with texts by Comte’s son (also Alfred) and grandson the photographer Michel Comte, the book is the first to comprehensively explore the aviator’s extraordinary life and achievements. Alfred Comte grew up in the village of Delsberg in the Berner Jura, where his brother had a carpentry shop and Alfred became obsessed with building model airplanes. At the time, newspapers lauded the courageous first aviators―and Comte’s dream was born. At the age of 17, he took a taxi from Gare du Nord to Villacoublay, where a plane crashed just yards from the still moving vehicle. Unmoved, Comte spent his savings on flying lessons on an early Morane machine; he was a fearless and calculated student and soon made his first solo flights as well as forays into aerobatics. Comte joined the Swiss Air Force at the outbreak of the First World War, during which Oskar Bider selected him to train 63 young pilots. Among them was the avid photographer Walter Mittelholzer, who later became Comte’s first partner in the Comte Mittelholzer & Cie, which in time became Swissair.
yazar | Michel Comte |
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Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 23.2 x 4.3 x 31.5 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı | 30 Ekim 2020 |
12 Eylül 2017 21 x 0,5 x 29,6 cm Insight Editions 21 x 0,5 x 29,7 cm Emily Grace J B SBoon 25 Şubat 2018 28 Şubat 2018 14,8 x 0,5 x 21 cm Collectif edition cumulus 21,6 x 0,6 x 27,9 cm Kolektif 12 Ekim 2016 23 Temmuz 2017 21,6 x 0,2 x 27,9 cm 14,8 x 0,7 x 21 cm 22 Mayıs 2016
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Sürüm ayrıntıları
yazar | Michel Comte |
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isbn 10 | 3958295762 |
isbn 13 | 978-3958295766 |
Yayımcı | Steidl GmbH & Co. OHG |
Boyutlar ve boyutlar | 23.2 x 4.3 x 31.5 cm |
Tarafından yayınlandı Aviator | 30 Ekim 2020 |
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