Maryse Bastié - Carte postale autographe signée à Guy Bart - Toulouse - 1925

Autographed postcard signed by Maryse Bastié, French aviator. The postcard is undated.

Written in blue ink on a postcard, illustrated in sepia “Toulouse – Entrée du Grand Rond (garden created around 1750)” (Héliogravure Labouche Frères).

In this card addressed to Guy Bart, her flight instructor, Maryse Bastié recounts a leg to Toulouse after a trying flight, mentions navigation solely by compass and the adaptation of her card holder, and announces that she will write from the next stage.

"My old Guy and my dear Bobinou, we found a bit of sunshine in Toulouse after sweating it out like miserable ones. I could not use my charts and I navigated only by the compass. I was able to gain great confidence, but I have just had a holder adapted to fix my card holder, because hanging as it was it was unusable with the gusts we have had, it bothered me. We are too far to phone tomorrow, I will write to you from Nîmes, do not damage the Salmson which I regret not having. A bunch of big kisses that you will share as brothers for you both. Maryse."

Dimensions: 14.1 x 9.2 cm
Condition: Good overall condition. See photos for more details.
Number of pages: 1 page

- Marie-Louise, known as Maryse Bastié, born Bombec on February 27, 1898 in Limoges and died July 6, 1952 in Bron, is a French aviator, Glory of sport. She was the first French female aviator to rack up numerous female aviation records to her résumé. Her exploits were very quickly publicized. Wikipedia

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