Anglais
Auteur-e-s
Mathieu FLONNEAU
When Franz Kafka described the Brescia airshow in 1909, he served as a witness of Europe’s enthusiasm for fledgling modern aviation. After a few spectacular performances, such as Blériot’s crossing of the English Channel, the conquest of the air became a sporting reality giving rise to international rivalries. Kafka’s account, which grasped the poetic aspects of the aeronautical event, was nevertheless weighed down by fears one could call prophetic, in view of the soon-to-come First World War, and the role aerial weaponry played therein.
