* Jean MERMOZ. Notebook page with autograph signature and 5 - Lot 25

* Jean MERMOZ. Notebook page with autograph signature and 5 other signatures, [1933]; 9 x 12.5 cm. The notebook page is signed by Mermoz and the crew of the Couzinet l'Arc-en-Ciel, with which he crossed the South Atlantic for the 2nd time in May 1933: co-pilot Pierre Carretier, mechanic Alexandre Collenot, engineer and builder René Couzinet, navigator Louis Mailloux, radio operator Jean Manuel. Accompanied by two photos (yellowed) of the aircraft on a repair stopover at Dakar airport. Accompanied by a 1/48 scale model of the Couzinet 70 "Arc-en-Ciel" - length 42 cm x wingspan 62 cm - hand-painted carved wooden model. - First return flight of the Couzinet 70 Arc-en-Ciel in the Natal-Dakar direction (May 15, 1933). On board were Mermoz, Pierre Carretier (pilots), Louis Mailloux (navigator), Jean Manuel (radio) and Alexandre Collenot (mechanic), accompanied by two passengers: René Couzinet (aircraft builder) and Paul Bringuier (journalist). Faced with an irreparable leak in the left engine radiator 700 kilometers from the African coast, the crew landed in Dakar at nightfall. Collenot was in charge of refurbishing the Arc-en-ciel, the left engine being without a propeller, as shown in the photo below. Expert: Thierry BODIN