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Helene Dutrieu

Original - Helene Dutrieu in her airplane, c. 1911. Dutrieu was the first Belgian woman to earn a pilot's license.

Reason: Helene Dutrieu was the fourth woman in the world to earn a pilot's license and possibly the first to carry passengers. She was the first woman to earn the French Legion of Honor for aviation. She was also world cycling champion, a stunt motorcyclist, an automobile racer, a wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital. I've located and restored a well composed but very dirty archival file of her c. 1911 in her aircraft (the original Image:Dutrieua.jpg had 12,000-15,000 dirt and dust specks). Hard work, which I hope is worth it.
Articles this image appears in: Helene Dutrieu
Creator: Bain News Service

Support as nominator --Durova^Charge! 21:32, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Its a tad grainy on the lower left, but thats a small knock on a beautiful restoration. smooth0⁷0₇ (talk) 01:31, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nice restoration. -- Grandpafootsoldier (talk) 06:41, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Good historical image and a superb restoration. Palladmial (talk) 14:52, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support —αἰτίας •discussion• 18:25, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Supportvery great and highly encyclopedic image.--S_RX 23:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Dwayne Reed (talk) 18:30, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support After seeing the original, I am amazed at the quality of the new one. Nice restoration! Spencer^T♦^C 20:11, 16 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great image. Fletcher (talk) 04:21, 17 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. Sorry to rain on the party, but this picture just doesn't have the wow factor that marks an FP for me. Wish there was more of the plain visible, then I would probably support. Very nicely done restoration, Durova, but the photographer is the person whom I blame for this one. Clegs (talk) 15:51, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support I see an old-timey woman in a flying maching, makes me think wow. Greener Cactus (talk) 20:13, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak Oppose. The quality is far from superb, and I don't think that it is a well composed if you take its subject to be Dutrieu. The wires and beams obstruct our view, and are quite distracting. Besides, if she wasn't a well known pilot and the caption didn't say so, it would be difficult for an uninformed viewer to deduce that she was in an airplane. Good job on the restoration, though. NauticaShad es 22:08, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I can pretty much echo the sentiments of Nautica and Clegs. I was tempted to support because of the shoes, but really, that's a very small exciting detail in a picture that, overall, doesn't positively surprise me. Papa Lima Whiskey (talk) 23:01, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose - it's a beautiful picture and very clear, but, like Nautica pointed out, the cropped airplane is a big problem. Intothewoods29 (talk) 22:30, 21 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Strong Support : Good enc. value, good "pop" -- Dutrieu was a babe! --and is clearly having a ball. Part of the pop is that she appears (at first glance) to be flying barefoot. [Looks at article] Wow. She was a cycling world champion, stunt cyclist, stunt motorcyclist, automobile racer, stunt driver, pioneer aviator, wartime ambulance driver, and director of a military hospital! A proto extreme-sports babe! Excellent photo, great story. Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 17:25, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Weak Support. As others point out, the composition could have been much better with just some slight adjustments. Still, it's a very interesting shot, and in my view the wires that NauticaShades points out are features, not bugs.--ragesoss (talk) 18:54, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Hélène Dutrieu.jpg MER-C 04:03, 25 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]