Toulouse. An exhibition dedicated to Latécoère, an aviation pioneer
In Toulouse, the Envol des Pionniers offers a new temporary exhibition dedicated to Pierre Georges Latécoère and the beginnings of aviation.
It is in a way a return to basics. Pierre Georges Latécoère is at the center ofan exhibition on the grounds of his first aviation factory, which he established over 100 years ago in Toulouse-Montaudran. This temporary exhibition opened its doors this weekend of December 17 and 18, at the museum of Flight of the Pioneers.
“Pierre Georges Latécoère, the future with wings” offers stagings and reconstructions, to trace the career of this precursor of aviation. It thus takes visitors into the atmosphere of the workshops of the interwar period, and invites them to follow the course of the one thanks to which Toulouse has risen to the capital of aeronautics.
Pierre Georges Latécoère and the future pioneers of aviation in Toulouse
” Pierre Georges Latécoère succeeded in founding a true international aeronautical organization, in a few years. From Toulouse to Barcelona on December 25, 1918, then from Toulouse to Rabat in Morocco the following year, continuing via Dakar in Senegal (1925), and from Buenos Aires to Brazil (1929). explains l’Envol des Pionniers.
And the exhibition is not only about the past, it is also interested to the future of aviation, with for instance a sacred space for entrepreneurs From toulouse. The visitor is thus invited to realize himself with the new environmental issues and in particular the decarbonization of aviation, to imagine a durable airplane or drone. For this, it will be necessary to form a team, define the energy to be used, define routes to consume less… The result will be judged by Pierre Georges Latécoère, thanks to an interactive device.
Useful information : Pierre Georges Latécoère, the future has wings”. Exhibition on aviation to be found at the Envol des Pionniers, 6 rue Jacqueline Auriol, in Toulouse. Hourly : variables, see here. Prices: €5 to €8, with access to the permanent exhibition. Possibility of online booking.