Английская Википедия:Henri Pequet

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Stamp of India – 1961 – Colnect 238985 – 1 – Pecquet Flying Humber Sommer

Henri Pequet (1 February 1888 – 13 March 1974) was a pilot in the first official airmail flight on February 18, 1911.[1][2][3] The 23-year-old Frenchman, in India for an airshow, delivered about 6,500 letters when he flew from an Allahabad polo field to Naini, about 10 kilometers away. He flew a Humber-Sommer biplane with about fifty horsepower (37 kW), and made the journey in thirteen minutes.[4]

The letters were marked "First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition Allahabad 1911."[5][6]

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  4. History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century by Camille Allaz, p. 26.
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