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286 - VIEILLES TIGES
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VIEILLES TIGES Letter signed by five aviation pioneers, Bois de Boulogne, November 9, 1936, to Jean MERMOZ; 1 page, in-4 format, on letterhead “Les Vieilles Tiges” (Aviation Pioneers licensed before August 1914). Following Mermoz’s indictment after a demonstration by the French Social Party for “renewal of a dissolved league.” Letter signed by Léon BATHIAT, Louis GAUBERT, Louis PAULHAN, Constant VANDAMME, and Georges ZARAPOFF. “No political issues. France above all! You have been the standard-bearer of French aviation—the real thing—abroad. We, the veterans, thank you for this, and we ask you to accept our full and complete affection in light of the trials and humiliations that a government is subjecting you to. We congratulate you on your courage, stand with you wholeheartedly, and accompany you with deep affection, both over the oceans and in the corridors of an investigating judge’s office”… Source: - Jean Mermoz (1901–1936); - Gabrielle Gillet-Mermoz (1880–1955); - Then passed down through the family
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