Story of Hubert Latham, a French pioneer pilot who, with Louis Blériot, were the two best known popular Frenchmen alive from 1909-1911. Includes fascinating details about Latham’s flying career and other early aviators and their machines. Traces the development of the magnificent monoplane Latham flew to glory–the Antoinette–hailed, in its day, as the most beautiful aeroplane ever built. The author chose to tell the story in a novel format to showcase Latham’s mercurial and peculiar personality and how it ultimately led him down a depressing path, ending in tragedy.