Pierre-Georges Latécoère
Pierre-Georges Latécoère (* 1883 in Bagnères-de-Bigorre , † 1943 in Paris ) was a French aviation pioneer and entrepreneur.
Latécoère was born the son of a sawmill owner. In 1903 he began studying at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures and then took over the management of his father's business. He modernized the company and specialized it in the production of railroad cars . During the First World War he was drafted into the artillery, but soon demobilized due to poor eyesight.
Government contracts during the war made his company profitable and allowed Latécoère to set up two factories in Toulouse in 1917 . In one were grenades , manufactured in the other aircraft fuselages. The established aircraft manufacturer Salmson entrusted him with the production of 600 double-deckers for war use. With his production, he laid the foundation for the Groupe Latécoère, which still exists today, and thus also for the aircraft industry at the Toulouse location.
In 1918 he founded the Compagnie Générale d'Entreprises Aéronautiques and set up airlines that brought mail from France to Senegal ( Dakar ) and later even to South America. Even Antoine de Saint-Exupery , Jean Mermoz and Henri Guillaumet worked for Latécoère.
→ See also: Groupe Latécoère
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- (en) Canadian Museum of Civilization: Portrait of Pierre-Georges Latécoère ; Retrieved March 17, 2012
- (en) Argentina Excepcion: The Aeroposta pioneers: industrials and pilots ; Retrieved March 17, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Latécoère, Pierre-Georges |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French aviation pioneer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1883 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bagneres-de-Bigorre |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1943 |
| Place of death | Paris |