Victor Tatin was one of the great early aviation pioneers, having built in 1890 already a twin-propeller monoplane which was driven by a steam engine. Seen here is his second twin-propeller monoplane dating from 1907 which was testflown by Count Henri de la Vaulx in November 1907, but after a flight of some 70 meter the starboard wing failed which resulted in a crash, ruining the machine.
For protection de La Vaulx wore a home made protection suit, a part of whch can be seen on hs picture at left.
As ever the pilot of an aeroplane was seen as the important man and not the designer. Hence no mention on the card of Tatin. To make good the card maker spelled the name of de la Vaulx incorrect.
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