The Antoinette Monoplane
The Antoinette monoplane was featured in still another gorgeously designed card from Wills’s Cigarettes around 1910, not long after this aircraft made its debut.
The Antoinette was designed by French aviation pioneer Léon Levavasseur in 1908 and made several successful flights in the post-Wright Brothers era. Piloted by Hubert Latham, the Antoinette made two early attempts to cross the English Channel in 1909 but failed both times.
