BREGUET LOUIS: (1880-1955) French pioneer aviator and aircraft designer & manufacturer. D.S. ...

BREGUET LOUIS: (1880-1955) French pioneer aviator and aircraft designer & manufacturer. D.S., Louis Breguet, one page, small 4to, Paris, 30th January 1926, in French. The partially printed document, completed in manuscript, is a Bulletin de Souscription (Subscription Form) issued by the Comptoir des Approvisionnements de l'Aviation et de l'Aerostation, providing details of Breguet´s address and confirms that he has read the articles of association of the company, as well as the resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 17th June 1925 at which it was ´a decide d´augmenter le capital social de 400,000 frs et de le porter ainsi a 800,000 frs par la creation de 400 actions de 1,000 frs chacune a souscrire en numeraire´ (Translation: ´decided to increase the share capital by 400,000 francs to 800,000 francs by creating 400 shares of 1,000 francs each to be subscribed in numerical form´) and further stating ´Declare souscrire soixante quinze actions de 1,000 frs de la Societe denomee "Comptoir des Approvisionnements de l´Aviation et de l´Aerostation" faisant partie de l´augmentation de Capital precitee, et m´oblige a faire le versement du montant desdites actions de la maniere stipulee en la deliberation du Conseil du 18 Novembre 1925 sus-enoncee´ (Translation: ´I hereby declare that I subscribe for seventy-five shares of 1,000 frs in the company known as ‘Comptoir des Approvisionnements de l'Aviation et de l'Aerostation’, which form part of the aforementioned capital increase, and that I undertake to pay the amount of the said shares in the manner stipulated in the aforementioned Board meeting of 18 November 1925´). Signed by Breguet at the foot of the document alongside an official circular stamp. Together with a typed manuscript, unsigned, two pages, 4to, n.p., n.d., on the printed stationery of Ateliers d´Aviation Louis Breguet, in French. The manuscript is entitled Quel fut mon vol le plus émouvant ( ´ Which was my most moving flight?´) and Breguet explains that he has experienced many strong emotions, both as a pilot and a constructor, recounting his first flight in his Gyroplane in September 1908, and also writing of another experience in an aeroplane, ´ Avec mon aeroplane, il m´est arrive une fois, alors que je voguais a 150 m d´altitude d´avoir cru infailliblement ma derniere heure arrivee. J´en avais pris mon parti, croyant a une rupture d´aile, mais l´instinct de la conservation, me fit manoeuvrer energiquement & grace a un virage audacieux, je redressais mon apparei. Je ne sais comment se fit la dessente, mais ce que je sais bien, c´es que je me retrouvais sain & sauf & mon appareil intact embourbe dans un champ´ (Translation: ´ With my aeroplane, there was one time when I was flying at an altitude of 150 m that I thought my last hour had come. I took my fate into my own hands, believing that my wing had broken, but the instinct for self-preservation made me manoeuvre energetically & thanks to a daring turn, I righted my aircraft. I don't know how the glide occurred, but what I do know is that I found myself safe and sound, with my plane intact and mired in a field´), also referring to his first flights at high altitude in clouds, and concluding ´ que mes emotions les plus fortes ont ete ressentien non pas en pilotant moi meme mais en voyant piloter les autres´ (Translation: ´ that my strongest emotions were felt not when I was flying myself but when I saw others flying´). A few small, minor tears to the edges of the manuscript, generally VG, 2