Rene Leduc: Pionnier de la propulsion reaction. (Book Reviews).

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Rene Leduc: Pionnier de la propulsion reaction. By Jean Lacroze and Philippe Rico. Paris: Editions Lariviere, 2000. Pp. 255.

This large, illustrated book is the result of two amateur historians' decade-long effort to assemble and document a little understood aspect of French aviation history. Based on primary sources obtained from archives, collectors, and a few of Leduc's contemporaries, the authors trace the development of Rene Leduc's aeronautical career and of his technological solutions to the problem of high speed flight.

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