Henri Pequet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Henri Pequet

French aviator

Date of Birth: 01-Feb-1888

Place of Birth: Bracquemont, Normandy, France

Date of Death: 13-Mar-1974

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Henri Pequet (1 February 1888 – 13 March 1974) was a pilot in the first official airmail flight on February 18, 1911.
The 23-year-old Frenchman, in India for an airshow, delivered about 6,500 letters when he flew from an Allahabad polo field to Naini, about 10 kilometers away.
He flew a Humber-Sommer biplane with about fifty horsepower (37 kW), and made the journey in thirteen minutes.The letters were marked "First Aerial Post, U.P.
Exhibition Allahabad 1911."