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1919 dated Pair of Farman Airline Tickets - Société Générale des Transports Aériens

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1919 dated Pair of Farman Airline Tickets - Société Générale des Transports Aériens
Country: France
Years: 1919

A Pair of round trip tickets from Paris to Brussels and Brussels to Paris from the Society Des Aeroplanes Farman. 365 francs each way. The pair of tickets are mounted on paper. The Société Générale des Transports Aériens (SGTA) was a French airline founded in 1919. It operated until 1933 when its assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France airline.

Initially known as the Lignes Aériennes Farman (Farman airlines), the SGTA was created on February 8, 1919, when a Farman F.60 Goliath flew from Toussus-le-Noble to Kenley, near Croydon. The airline was created by the Farman brothers, who also owned the Farman Aviation Works. In 1933, all SGTA assets were incorporated in the newly created Air France, and the company ceased to exist. On 5 May 1927, Farman F.60 Goliath F-ADFN was lost in the Atlantic Ocean on a flight from Saint-Louis Senegal to Pernambuco, Brazil. Both crewmen were killed. The airline operated Farman aircraft exclusively, including these types:

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Condition: Excellent
Item ordered may not be exact piece shown. All original and authentic.
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