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...government was wrapped between its dreams of seeing the tricouleur across half of Africa and the stark realization that the Sahara was a wasteland universally considered worthless. As a result, it allocated men and money only in drips and sports. Its hesitation meant the conquests of the Sahara was not one great adventure, but a series of expeditions of varying brutality and success that established a string of forts through the middle of the desert...

Author: By Jess M. Bravin, | Title: Made-for-TV Colonialism | 5/22/1985 | See Source »

This week, the S-35 was scheduled to make trial flights along the Atlantic seaboard. Then, three motors thundering, tricouleur and Stars-and-Stripes whipping, she will dare greatly, her three intrepid manipulators tense at their posts in a cabin which, with true Gallic esprit, le Capitaine Fonck has had decorated in gold, silver, cream and mahogany...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: S-35 | 8/23/1926 | See Source »

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