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Marc Marie Edmond Armand Pourpe [1] (17 May 1887 – 2 December 1914) was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was Anne-Marie Chassaigne, later known as the famous courtesan Liane de Pougy, and his father a young naval officer, Armand Pourpe. He made the first airmail flight in Egypt flying from Cairo to Khartoum.
- Lorient Carnel
- 1911–1914
Marc Pourpe, a now quite forgotten french aviator, but who did pretty well around 1911-1914, and that died at the beginning of WW1 in the air, asked him for a plane, needed for raid in Egypt. Finally, he had to go to Léon Morane's firm to obtain one... despite the huge publicity he made for Blériot's plane in exhibitions and succesfull raids ...
28. Mai 2023 · Par Serge Rogers. Le 28 mai 2023 à 13h57. Si Marc Pourpe est aujourd’hui méconnu ou que l’on se souvient seulement de son ascendance - il est le fils de Liane de Pougy, la célèbre demi ...
Marc Pourpe (1887 [1] - December 2, 1914 [2]) was a French aviation pioneer and stunt flyer. His mother was the courtesan Liane de Pougy [3] and his father a naval officer. [1] . His mother had run off with young Armand Pourpe when she was only 16, and they only married once she became pregnant. [4] Pourpes' parents' marriage was not a happy one.
He met Raoul Lufbery in Calcutta in 1912 and brought on the young American as a mechanic. Both Pourpe and Lufbery flew in WWI. Pourpe was killed in a crash in 1914, while Lufbery went on to be one of the top aces in the Lafayette Escadrille. Lufbery was killed in 1918. Size: 8.5in x 11.0in | Pages:248 | 160 b/w photos Binding: Hardback
Marc Pourpe, l’aviateur de l’Orient. Culture Aéro Le 24 septembre 2021. Par Jean Molveau. Laissez vos commentaires. Mots-clés : Bibliographie. Première prouesse de Marc Pourpe, la double traversée de la Manche, en Blériot XI à moteur Gnome, un aller et retour en un temps record en août 1911. © coll. J. Molveau.
