Pierre-Georges Latécoère, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Pierre-Georges Latécoère

aviation pioneer and creator of Aeropostale

Date of Birth: 25-Aug-1883

Place of Birth: Bagnères-de-Bigorre, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 10-Aug-1943

Profession: engineer, entrepreneur, aircraft pilot, aerospace engineer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Pierre-Georges Latécoère

  • Pierre-Georges Latécoère (1883–1943) was a pioneer of aeronautics.
  • Born in Bagnères-de-Bigorre, he studied in the École Centrale Paris and, during the First World War, started a business in aeronautics.
  • He directed plants that made planes and opened the first airlines that operated from France to Africa and South America. Pierre-Georges Latécoère was the founder of the aeronautical industry in Toulouse.
  • As the son of the owner of a sawmill in Bagnères-de-Bigorre in the Pyrenees, he took an early interest in technology.
  • In 1903, after an outstanding secondary school career he began his degree at the Parisian Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures.
  • On returning to the Pyrenees he modernized his father's firm, specializing in the manufacture of railway wagons.
  • Thus, during the First World War, the profits from government contracts allowed him to set up a large, modern factory in the Toulouse suburb of Montaudran.
  • Before doing so, he had also produced a rush order of 600 Salmson aircraft, which the army urgently needed.
  • Having become an aeronautical enthusiast, he decided to create the company Société des lignes Latécoère (later known as Aéropostale), carrying mail from France to Morocco, Senegal and South America - the first aircraft being flown by such well-known pilots as Mermoz and Saint-Exupéry.
  • Finally, he started manufacturing aircraft in his own name, and notably the great seaplanes such as the Latécoère 631. The Latécoère company still exists in 2014.

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