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Nieuport: A Biography of Edouard Nieuport, Written by His Grandson Gerard

by Gérard Pommier

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This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson GZrard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in the First World War. Described are the achievements of this extraordinarily talented engineer (who died at age thirty-six), of his brother Charles (killed less than two years later), and of the splendid company bearing their name Ð which at one time led the world in airplane production, and continued its activity until 1936. The book is enhanced by many unpublished photographs from the Nieuport/Pommier archives.… (more)
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Poor organization and bad design detract from the usefulness of this book, which presents more as a collection of documents and historic articles than an out and out biography.
Nevertheless, for those who persevere, it is a useful book translated into English.
Understandably, the book concentrates on the pre-WW1 period - both Edouard (d.1911) and his brother Charles (d.1913) died in flying accidents. The WW1 period occupies the final third of the book and the company's post war story is barely touched.
For full coverage of the company see Nieuport 1909-1950 by Leonard Rosenthal, et al. This is only available in French. ( )
  JenIanB | Oct 28, 2019 |
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This new biography of Edouard Nieuport, written by his grandson GZrard Pommier, details the brilliant solutions he applied to cycling and automobiles before turning to aircraft later made famous by pilots of nearly all Allied nations in the First World War. Described are the achievements of this extraordinarily talented engineer (who died at age thirty-six), of his brother Charles (killed less than two years later), and of the splendid company bearing their name Ð which at one time led the world in airplane production, and continued its activity until 1936. The book is enhanced by many unpublished photographs from the Nieuport/Pommier archives.

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