![]() It was the first time a homebuilt airplane, flown by a member of EAA, had participated in the rally. Last October, Ripert flew his RV-4 in the Raid Afrique 2015. He camped in the woods with thousands of EAAers, and became not only a member of the community, but a member of EAA. ![]() The RV-4 opened the world of sport aviation to Ripert, and in 2014 he made the journey to AirVenture. Laurent Ripert, a French citizen and former airline pilot with plenty of experience flying in Africa, purchased an RV-4 that was built in the United States and exported to the Netherlands. A large group of light aircraft will fly from Toulouse in Southern France to Dakar, stopping at the Aerospostale stations that remain to preserve the memory of the days when airmail pilots braved the hostile North African environment in the air and on the ground. ApFrom the temperate climate of southern France, across the Mediterranean to the endless sands of the western Sahara, the airmail route envisioned by Pierre-Georges Latecoere in 1918 became reality in the minds of the world when it was described by the writer and pilot for Aeropostale Antoine de St Exupery in the book Wind, Sand, and Stars.Įach year, the cultural inheritance of the route from Toulouse to Dakar comes alive with aviation enthusiasts for the Raid Latecoere (raid translates to rally in English). ![]()
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