MERMOZ COUZINET

Mermoz: Hero. Couzinet : a genius. L'Aéropostale: the last great epic of France in the 20th century. France was at the forefront of aircraft construction when René Couzinet, a young twenty-three-year-old technician, imagined and built a commercial aircraft capable of crossing the Atlantic, the L'arc-en-ciel. The first tests in 1928 were unanimously acclaimed by professionals, so much so that the aircraft of the future was being talked about. In short, the long haul commercial airliner was born. Couzinet met Mermoz in August 1932. They are united by the same passion, the same ideal. On 15 May 1933, L'arc-en-ciel, piloted by the two men, completed the first round trip 100% airborne. After such promising years, why and how was the TRUE aviation genius that Couzinet was, broken? How could France let the air peril of 39/40 come to pass? The explosive archives reproduced in full in this book will allow you to judge for yourself