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Rijkelijk geïllustreerde biografie van Baron Pierre de Caters.
Brief well-illustrated biography of Baron Pierre de Caters (Berchem, 25 December 1875 – Paris, 21 March 1944) who was a Belgian adventurer, aviator and car and motorboat racer. In 1908, he was the first Belgian to fly an aircraft.
De Caters' Voisin at Antwerp Aviation Week 1909.
He was also the first Belgian to receive a pilot's license from the Belgian air club on 2 December 1909 and received a gold medal for the first kilometer in the same year. He was the first aircraft manufacturer in Belgium and the first instructor of military aviation. He also took part in car and motorboat races in Belgium and France.
In 1904, he briefly held the land speed record, driving a DMG Mercedes Simplex at 97.25 mph (156.51 km/h) on a 1 km (0.62 mi) beach course in Ostend, Belgium.
26 x 18 cms, magazine, 24 pages.
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