Mme Cayat de Castella attachee a l'appareil quelques minutes avant…

Mme Cayat de Castella attachee a l'appareil quelques minutes avant sa fatale ascension. by CASTELLA, Madame Cayat de. < >
The First Female Parachutist

~ Mme Cayat de Castella attachee a l'appareil quelques minutes avant sa fatale ascension.

Brussels 1911

Original silver gelatin photograph on marked postcard paper and trimmed.

Mme Cayat de Castella used to strap herself to the undercarriage of her husband’s plane and then release herself at altitude. Tragically she fell to her death in a display in Brussels in 1911. This photograph shows her ready to take off for her fatal flight - apologies for introducing something rather dark.

Stock ref: 11517
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