Pierre-Georges Latécoère

Pierre-Georges Latécoère was a French aviation pioneer and businessman, born in 1883. He founded the Latécoère company, which specialized in building aircraft and developing early airway routes across Africa and South America, helping to establish the world's first commercial airline networks. His efforts contributed significantly to the expansion of international aviation, making travel and communication between continents more connected. Latécoère’s work laid important foundations for modern air transportation, blending innovation in aircraft design with pioneering efforts to connect distant parts of the world through flight.