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unusual facts about Latécoère



Latécoère 225

The Latécoère 225 prototype F-WZLM, renamed as the SERLEG 225EX, is on display at the Musée Historique de l'Hydraviation at Biscarrosse, once Latécoère's seaplane base.

Latécoère 24

The Latécoère 24 flew for the first time from Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque at the end of 1927, crewed by pilot Prévot and engineer Hoff.

Latécoère 25

The only surviving example of a Latécoère 25 is preserved in the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica in Morón, Argentina.

Latécoère 28

The seaplane version, the Latécoère 28-3, was the first to make a postal delivery crossing of the South Atlantic when Jean Mermoz flew from Dakar to Natal in 21 hours and a half aboard the Comte-de-La Vaulx (prototype n° 919) on 12 May 1930.

Latécoère 340

The Latécoère 340 flew for the first time in February 1930 at Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, piloted by Prévot.

Latécoère 350

The Latécoère 350 first flew on 2 February 1931, piloted by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Latécoère 570

Construction began at Latécoère's Toulouse works from about April 1937, but during that year the Toulouse-Montaudran region was seriously disrupted by industrial action and it was decided to complete the aircraft at the Bayonne factory.

Latécoère 6

The Latécoère 6 first flew in the summer of 1924 at Francazal, piloted by Achille Enderlin.

Pierre Deley

He joined the Pierre-Georges Latécoère's Lignes Aériennes Latécoère company (later to become Aéropostale) in 1923, rubbing shoulders with, among others, Didier Daurat, Jean Mermoz, Henri Guillaumet and Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Salmson 2

Around 3,200 Salmson 2s were built in France, 2,200 by Salmson and the remainder by the Latécoère, Hanriot, and Desfontaines, companies.


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