Robert Nau, a French sculptor, had constructed an earlier monoplane in 1909. The photo was taken by French press photographer Louis Branger on May 13th, 1910 on the flying field Port-Aviation at Juvisy-sur-Orge. The Nau Monoplane (1910) was a big machine, with a span of 13 meters and a length of 17 meters, wing area was 24 square meters. The fuselage was half covered. Engine was a 60 hp Renault V-8. After the photo session, which delivered at least two photos, flying was started by Mr. Nau. On May 18th flying ended when the machine with Nau as pilot crashed (it is reported as “falling down”) from a height of 4 meters. Nau was lightly innjured. The machine did not fly after this event.
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