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Wings and mail: on the Aéropostale line in Africa [2/2]
At the end of the First World War, a mythical airline was initiated by a French industrialist, Pierre-Georges Latécoère. His project, create an air mail link between three continents: Europe, Africa and South America. This modern epic, conquering the sky, will then cross nine countries to deliver mail and connect men. One hundred years after the first takeoff of the Latécoère Aéropostale Line in 1918, sixty planes flew in September 2018, in the wake of Aéropostale. From stopover, from Cap Juby to Saint-Louis from Senegal via Casablanca and Nouadhibou, the memory of aviation pioneers such as Mermoz, Saint-Exupéry or Guillaumet revives. The Raid Latécoère-Aéropostale, created in 2007, brings together aviation enthusiasts every year, eager to travel through this legendary line. And in this centenary year, the journey has the look of a great pilgrimage to Africa. Fasten your belts and embark with us, from Toulouse to Dakar in Senegal on the route of the Latécoère-Aéropostale line.
A big report in 2 episodes of Raphaëlle Constant with RFI Labo.
Learn more :
- The Latécoère Raid
- The memory space of Toulouse Montaudran, " The flight of the pioneers ", open to the public, from December 25, 2018
- The Latécoère Foundation
- The Saint Exupéry Foundation for Youth
- The Aeropostale Memory Association
- The site of Bernard Bacquié , former pilot and historian of aviation
- The site of the photographer Julien Masson who followed the Raid for "Si loin si proche" and the Latécoère Foundation.
To read :
" Courrier Sud " , Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Gallimard Editions
" Terre des hommes " , Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Gallimard Editions
" Sand wind , " Joseph Kessel. Gallimard Editions
" Mermoz " , Joseph Kessel. Gallimard Editions
" Aéropostale , The fabulous epic of Mermoz, Saint-Exupéry, Guillaumet " , Benoît Heimermann and Olivier Margot. Editions Arthaud
" Stopover " , Martine Laporte. Editions Michel Lafont.
Extend the trip and discover our long multimedia format on the Aéropostale line.
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