Joseph Sadi-Lecointe was a French aviator, best known for breaking a number of speed and altitude records in the 1920s.
Sadi-Lecointe in 1919
Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)
The Gordon Bennett Aviation Trophy is an international airplane racing trophy that was awarded by James Gordon Bennett Jr., the American owner and publisher of the New York Herald newspaper. The trophy is one of three Gordon Bennett awards: Bennett was also the sponsor of an automobile race and a ballooning competition.
Gordon Bennett Trophy (aeroplanes)
James Gordon Bennett
Glenn Curtiss in his Curtiss No. 2 aircraft
Charles Weymann standing in front of his Nieuport monoplane