Basil Smith: Latecoere 28

Artist: Basil Smith
1925 -
Nationality: British
Artwork Year: 1981
Image Size: 7 by 6 inches
Overall Size: 10 by 9 inches
Medium: Mixed Media on Hot Press Illustration Board

During World War I, France commissioned the French aviator Pierre Latecoere to manufacture munitions and military aircraft for the war effort. As the war drew to a close in 1918, Latecoere developed a grand scheme to build an airline company which would fly commercial mail and passenger routes from Toulouse, in the south of France, across Spain and the Mediterranean Sea to Morocco, then to Africa's west coast and the country of Senegal. From there, Latecoere had plans to take his airlines across the Atlantic to South America, where France had many business interests. To accomplish this, Latecoere and his newly formed airline company developed sturdy land and sea planes capable of flying long distance. Once such plane was the Latecoere 28 -- a single engine monoplane developed in 1929 for either land or sea use. Designed for speed and long distance flights, the wings and fuselage of this sturdy plane were covered with lightweight fabric. The Latecoere 28 was capable of carrying a pilot and eight passengers or a large load of mail. In May 1930, the versatile Latecoere 28 initiated air mail service between Toulouse, France and Rio de Janeiro. The long Atlantic crossing took only twenty-one hours. Within the next several years, the Latecoere 28 established nine world records for speed, endurance and distance.

This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood® Trains & Boats & Planes & More Collection Description Card for the Latecoere 28.

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