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Jeu du Grand Concours d'Aviation de la Champagne. Game from the Grand Concours d'Aviation de la Champagne. Very rare aviation-themed game in fine original condition.
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Jeu en fort bel état de conservation, d'une très grande rareté. No place (France), Printer : Georges Dreyfus, (1909). A very rare game in excellent condition. Dimensions : board : 12.6 x 10.24 inch ; diameter of portrait tokens : 1.2 inch. (no box). This very rare aviation-themed game in fine original condition consists of a board, 2 dice, 1 tricolor dice rolling cone and 12 ivory tokens representing 12 French and American aviation pioneers. The board is divided into 34 squares, starting and finishing in Reims (France, Champagne). The other squares represent various monuments and cities around the world: Paris and its Arc de Triomphe, London, Rome, Lima, the North Pole, Tokyo, Washington, Nancy, the Tower of Pisa, Brussels, New York, Rio de Janeiro, a Moroccan prison, Bordeaux, Berlin, Siam, the Mont Saint-Michel, the Eiffel Tower, Algiers, Madrid, Venice, the Pyramids, Mexico City, Montevideo, Shanghai, the Niagara Cataracts, Moscow, Marseille, Nantes, Constantinople, Buenos-Aires and Lyon. All surrounded by 14 flags from 14 countries. The game commemorates the first international aviation meeting in Reims aka “Grande semaine d'aviation de la Champagne”, which was organized by the Marquis Melchior de Polignac from the 22nd of August to the 29th, 1909. After the eliminatory rounds during which 36 aircrafts competed against each other in speed events over distances of 10 and 30 km, three pilots reached the finals : the American G. H. Curtiss and the Frenchmen H. Latham and L. Blériot. Curtiss won the speed race ahead of Blériot (75 km/h). Latham won the passenger prize (10 km race with two passengers) and the altitude prize (155 meters). Blériot won the lap race (10 km). On August 28th, Glenn Curtiss won the Gordon-Bennett Cup with his Curtiss-Herring n°1 “Reims Racer”, with a record time of fifteen minutes and fifty seconds. - Clients Livre Rare Book : Les frais postaux indiqués sont ceux pour la France métropolitaine et la Corse, pour les autres destinations, merci de contacter la librairie pour connaître le montant des frais d'expédition, merci de votre compréhension. Livre Rare Book Customers : The shipping fees indicated are only for France, if you want international shipping please contact us before placing your order, thank you for your understanding. - Frais de port : -Colissimo France 9,5 € -Colissimo International (Union Européenne + Suisse : 20 €) (Reste du Monde : 40 €)
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