Aviation Historian Roger Codger
1943: Antoine de Saint Exupery
Aviator and Writer
Antoine was a French aviator and author. He wrote a number of wonderful books, the most well known of which is "The Little Prince." His writings were often poetic, and are still regarded as some of the best aviation writing ever.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
- 1921: Pilot training
(French army, then airforce)
- 1926-: Postal service pilot
and base manager in Africa
- 1929: First book published,
moved to Argentina
- 1931: "Night Flight" published
- 1935: Crashed in Sahara
(attempting Paris-Saigon record)
- 1938: Crashed, Guatemala
New York-Tierra del Fuego attempt
- 1939: "Wind, Sand and Stars"
- 1942: "Flight to Arras" published
- 1943: "The Little Prince" publ.
- 1943: Joined Free French Forces
- 1944: P38 mission incomplete
The Little Prince
My favourite book by
Antoine de Saint Exupery
is "Wind, Sand and Stars"
