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Article: Rene Leduc: Pionnier de la propulsion reaction. (Book Reviews).
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- Air Power History
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- June 22, 2002
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Rene Leduc: Pionnier de la propulsion reaction. By Jean Lacroze and Philippe Rico. Paris: Editions Lariviere, 2000. Pp. 255.
This large, illustrated book is the result of two amateur historians' decade-long effort to assemble and document a little understood aspect of French aviation history. Based on primary sources obtained from archives, collectors, and a few of Leduc's contemporaries, the authors trace the development of Rene Leduc's aeronautical career and of his technological solutions to the problem of high speed flight.
Unlike others of his generation, Leduc came to aviation by accident, when he started working for the Breguet company in 1924. As ...
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