MERMOZ Jean (1901-1936) aviateur.

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MERMOZ Jean (1901-1936) aviateur.
AUTOGRAPHIC MANUSCRIT, [Rio de Janeiro 1936]; 1 and a half pages in-4. Speech for the Feast of Wings in Brazil in honor of Santos-Dumont. "On this day of the Feast of Wings when Brazil honors the memory of one of its greatest men, the precursor and great pioneer that Santos-Dumont was, French hearts beat in unison with Brazilian hearts. The French pilots, pioneers of the first hours of aviation, great aces of war and peace, bring through my voice, to the Brazilian people, to the comrades of the young and already so great Brazilian aviation, the homage of their admiration, their recognition and their Latin affection. They mourned in Santos-Dumont the death of the one who knew how to give them wings at a time when human flight was still an ingenious idea born from the imagination of men: they also mourned the one who lived in France among them, who took off first from a French field, who loved France like a second homeland. [...] Their souls as pilots and as Frenchmen will be enriched by the ideal and magnificent example left to them by the great man of the air who has passed away. His life was a symbol of will, of faith in an ideal and superhuman action, of spirit of sacrifice, of human dignity, of national self-love, of unchanging attachment to his country, to its destiny, to its traditions, to the greatness of his country, to which he gave the priceless glory of possessing feelings of deep admiration and gratitude that will always animate the new generations of airmen united in the fraternity of risk, of courage, of pure action and sacrifice... With all the affection that unites me to Brazil by indissoluble links, I salute in the name of my comrades and in the name of the true, healthy and dignified France that will come out of these trials and that will not die, the memory of Santos-Dumont, the great Brazilian people and the Brazilian aviation. [Partially reproduced in the program of La Nuit des Ailes, Paris, December 9, 1949]. Provenance: MERMOZ archives (Artcurial sale 11 October 2008, M103).
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