He earned further widespread recognition with international translations of his other works. His literary works posthumously boosted his stature to national hero status in France, including The Little Prince which has been translated into 300 languages. Prior to the war, Saint-Exupéry had achieved fame in France as an aviator. Although the wreckage of his plane was discovered off the coast of Marseille in 2000, the ultimate cause of the crash remains unknown. He disappeared and is believed to have died while on a reconnaissance mission from Corsica over the Mediterranean on 31 July 1944.
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Saint-Exupéry spent 28 months in America, during which he wrote three of his most important works, then joined the Free French Air Force in North Africa-although he was far past the maximum age for such pilots and in declining health. After being demobilised by the French Air Force, he travelled to the United States to help persuade its government to enter the war against Nazi Germany.
He joined the French Air Force at the start of the war, flying reconnaissance missions until France's armistice with Germany in 1940. Saint-Exupéry was a successful commercial pilot before World War II, working airmail routes in Europe, Africa, and South America. He is best remembered for his novella The Little Prince ( Le Petit Prince) and for his lyrical aviation writings, including Wind, Sand and Stars and Night Flight. He became a laureate of several of France's highest literary awards and also won the United States National Book Award.
Croix de Guerre avec palme (1944, posthumous)Īntoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, comte de Saint-Exupéry, simply known as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( UK: / ˌ s æ̃ t ɪ ɡ ˈ z uː p ɛr i/, US: /- ɡ z uː p eɪ ˈ r iː/, French: 29 June 1900 – 31 July 1944), was a French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator. This is sad stuff to hear, but oh so real in our industry. And if you find out it sucks, you’re stuck unless you pay a huge penalty to get out of your contract. It’s 50% luck (knowing people) and 50% persistence.įinally, research any company that offers you a job. I have friends, Embry Riddle Masters degree Graduates, unable to find work. I’ve seen 7 year military pilots, recent out of Iraq, fail an interview due to lack of knowledge. This will keep you sharp for when you are ready to interview for a real job. So much more than flying up and down a pipeline for example. Plus, a benefit to being an instructor is that you maintain and improve your knowledge & experience. But new regulations due to the Colgan Air disaster in Buffalo, New York, has pretty much eliminated the low hour real jobs. There are many small Operation low-time jobs, like pipeline pilots, VFR charter pilots at 500 hours. But consider, I have friends with over 5000 hours that cannot find work. Unless you’re on an assigned mission, which is rare and few.įlying SkyDivers is also a quick route to building hours. Although cheaper than renting from a FBO, CAP charges members a fee to fly their aircraft. You’ll get very little hours in CAP unless you pay for them. They are the ones that will get you a job in most cases.Īlso, I am active Civil Air Patrol. And like Brian said, jobs are so much about who you know, so make yourself visibly to the aviation market. If you’re wealthly, you can buy right seat hours in a couple different passenger time building programs but be weary of the many scams out there in the time building world. 
It’s about a year or two as a CFI to get there. Do not expect a pilot job until you have over 1200 hours, 300 being multi-engine ( if your aggressive). Get your CFI, CFII and most important MEI.
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