Nouvelle traduction : Raid Latécoère-Aéropostale : Équipage Azur 6
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Inspired by the stories of the aviation pioneers, a crew of pilots is taking off to participate in the LATÉCOÈRE-AÉROPOSTALE Rally following the paths of the legendary aviators who forged modern aviation!
![THE AZUR 6 CREW](local/cache-gd2/8a/03621b11ad93166f60db54f821f3a3.jpg)
From September 14th to 28th, 2019, Eddy, Camille (ISAE-ENSICA class of 2016) and Laurent, all three private airplane pilots, will take part in the Latécoère-Aéropostale Rally, a 9,000-km journey with 50 hours of flights, 20 stopovers, 5 countries crossed and 60 participating teams.
Starting in Toulouse, the Azur 6 Crew wants to fly to Dakar in a flying club’s plane following the paths of the historic, longest line in the world. They will have to deal with a certain number of variables such as the weather, geography, navigation in unknown lands, managing stopovers, aircraft performances and all kinds of unforeseeable events.
But this trip has more than just a sports aspect, it will also include cultural and solidarity-based actions to be organized with the local populations. Most importantly, the crew wants to raise awareness of the values, applications and impact of aviation on the modern world.
![Raid Latécoère-Aéropostale : étapes](local/cache-gd2/fb/93ee42ceb2e799be6bc94455659470.png)
For this, their trip will be punctuated by:
meetings and discussions with schools in the countries visited,
the production of a fresco in the form of a pilot’s scarf tracing the adventures of Jean Mermoz with the Aéropostale (drawn by classes at the partner schools in the African section of the trip),
joint actions with aviation associations,
making a short film with the children illustrating the solidarity-based aspect of aviation.
To make this long, wonderful journey, the three adventurers will receive support from the 2019 Rally’s sponsor, Bertrand Piccard himself. He comes from a family of explorers and was the first to fly around the world in a hot air balloon non-stop in 1999 and is one of the initiators of the solar aircraft project, "Solar Impulse".
The Azur 6 crew has a presence on Facebook and Instagram and has also launched a crowdfunding page on line to finance their entire trip. You can find more information in the crew brochure.
Azur 6 crew
- Tel : +33 7 66 37 00 17 / e-mail : equipage.azur6 at gmail.com
- Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/EquipageAzur6
- Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/Equipage_Azur6/
- Online contribution : https://www.leetchi.com/c/faites-decoller-lavion-solidaire-azur6