Travel...
 Pierre-Georges LatécoèreCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Latécoère |  Usine Latécoère - BiscarrosseCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Cornell |  Paulin Paris & cie devant le Laté 28Collection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Paris |
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 H.Guillaumet et P.DeleyCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Latécoère |  St-Exupery & L'équipe de Cap JubyCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Latécoère |  Jean MermozCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Latécoère |
 Laté 300 "Croix du Sud"Collection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Cornell |  Laté 521 "Lt de vaisseau Paris"Collection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Droits réservés |  Les ouvriers de l'usine LatécoèreCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Moine |
 Laté 631 - BiscarrosseCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Droits réservés |  Hydrobase des HourtiquetsCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Droits réservés |  Laté 631 au HourtiquetsCollection Musée de l'Hydraviation - Origine Delhorbe |
A little bit of history
One day... Biscarrosse, small village that nothing designated for an aeronautical destiny, was choses by Pierre-Georges Latécoère to become an assembly and test location of the largest french seaplanes. It was in 1930, the Lake of Biscarrosse saw more than 120 huge seaplanes leave.
They were called "air liners" heading to New-Ork city or Fort-de-France. Among the pilots, there were Mermoz, Guillaumet or Saint-Exupéry. They marked the history of aeronautic. Their exploits went beyond the simple fact of flying, they created the legend.
Today, the Museum reminds us that seaplanes have not completely disappeared even if the famous "air liners" don't have their place anymore on the current airlines. Many seaplanes are still ensuring particular missions like the fight against fires, the coasts monitoring and the sea rescue, the staff transport and the exploration of inaccessible areas. And in the face of the increasing air traffic today, some manufacturers consider the seaplane's return as a goods carrier and even as a spare time vehicle.
The adventure goes on...