Leading WWI Allied Ace to Attempt Atlantic Crossing - 1927

Vintage press photo, 10x8", b&w. Press release identifies Rene Fonck (left), leading French/Allied Ace with 75 confirmed kills, Igor Sikorsky aircraft designer and Lieut. Lawrence Curtain, USN copilot. Photo taken at the end of a test flight from Roosevelt Field, NY to NAS Washington D.C. Very good, margin chips two corners and closed margin tear upper center.