Mermoz, between Victor Etienne and Guillaumet Río de Janeiro.Īfter flying from Saint-Louis, in Senegal, to Natal, Brazil, in 12–, the line was complete at last. During that time, to save time, he decided to fly during the night, using light beacons and flares as guides and his fellow pilots, for once, were a bit reluctant to see him do it, because they knew it would be their turn next.įor some time, as transatlantic flights were not yet possible, steamboats linked both halves of the "Line". Despite Mermoz finding the flying conditions over the Andes to be tough, he became the project's main pilot, determined to reach the Pacific Ocean, and he was able, after multiple stops, to reach Santiago, Chile. By 1929, it had become evident that it would be economically viable for France to establish a commercial air route to South America, so Mermoz and others flew over the Andes. Latécoère's project was to create a direct airline between France and South America. The Latécoère 25, (or "Laté 25") and, later, the Latécoère 26 and Latécoère 28 proved to be efficient aircraft when flying from Morocco to Senegal, and Mermoz himself flew the types on those routes on multiple occasions.īut Africa was only the beginning. In 1927, Latécoère began building his own brand of planes to replace the aging World War I aircraft Breguet 14. A Latécoère 25 in the Museo Nacional de Aeronáutica de Argentina, in the livery of Aeroposta Argentina
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