Portrait of Hubert Latham with his 'Antoinette' monoplane at Mourmelon-le-Grand in 1909, 1909-10 (colour litho)

Hubert Latham (1883-1912) French aviation pioneer and the first person to attempt to cross the English channel in an aeroplane; joined the 'Antoinette' aeroplane company in 1909 and became an instructor at the French Army training camp near Châlons at Mourmelon-le-Grand; illustration from a series of promotional cards on aviation published by the biscuit producer 'Lefevre-Utile'; the French biscuit brand LU (Lefevre-Utile), founded in 1846 and now part of Kraft Foods, is still one of the best known names in biscuit production, of which the Petit-Beurre is the flagship product;