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The Sky’s the Limit!
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Lignes aériennes Latécoère Bréguet 14, 1925
Courtesy of Archives Latécoère |
While the sound of cannons still echoed in Europe, one man was planning an ambitious
and crazy project. Pierre-Georges Latécoère
foresaw the important role
that aviation would play in peacetime, and began gathering equipment and recruiting
men.
The equipment consisted of First World War biplanes that were no longer in use, and the men
were war pilots who were accustomed to taking chances with their lives.
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Lignes aériennes Latécoère Bréguet 14, 1919
After the war, the Latécoère company obtained 15 Bréguet 14
observation planes from the French government.
Courtesy of Musée de la Poste, Paris |
These men envisioned
creating an aerial postal route from Toulouse to Tierra del Fuego.
Entrepreneurs like Latécoère and
Bouilloux-Lafont, and fearless
pilots like Mermoz,
Saint-Exupéry and
Guillaumet, traced out the routes and
succeeded in linking the continents together. They all shared the same belief: the mail
must be delivered, regardless of the cost.
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