Mobiloil dans le premier raid New York-Paris par le Colonel Lindbergh. Avion Ryan NYP N-X-211 monoplan a moteur Wright Whirlwind J-5 225 CV.

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Paris: Vacuum Oil Company S.A.F. May 1927. 4to. Orig. cloth backed printed limp boards this copy being No. 118/484. Sewn with cord as issued. A French memento of the historic flight across the Atlantic comprising 5 mounted photographs of the 'Spirit of St Louis' and its Wright engines including the personnel and dignatories at Paris Bourget Aerodrome folding plans printed text and a full page by page typed English translation. The cover title reads 'Le Graissag Rationnel des Moteurs d'Aeronautique' which translates: The Correct Lubrication of Aircraft Engines. Some loose negatives of the above photographs loosely inserted. NOTE: A particularly uncommon rarity commemorating the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight from Roosevelt Field New York to Le Bourget Air Field Paris May 20-21 1927.