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[[File:Stamp of India - 1961 - Colnect 238985 - 1 - Pecquet Flying Humber Sommer.jpeg|thumb|Stamp of India - 1961 - Colnect 238985 - 1 - Pecquet Flying Humber Sommer]]
'''Henri Pequet''' (1 February 1888 – 13 March 1974) was a [[aviator|pilot]] in the first official [[airmail]] flight on February 18, 1911.<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates|author=S. B. Bhattacherje|isbn= 9788120740747|page=A-175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&q=allahabad&pg=SL1-PA63 |date=May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://postalmuseumblog.si.edu/2011/01/india-and-the-worlds-first-official-air-mail-by-airplane.html|title = Blog | National Postal Museum}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://philatelynews.com/2011/india/100-years-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-first-official-airmail-flight/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-06-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609145844/http://philatelynews.com/2011/india/100-years-of-the-world%E2%80%99s-first-official-airmail-flight/ |archive-date=2015-06-09 }}</ref> The 23-year-old [[France|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.<ref>''History of Air Cargo and Airmail from the 18th Century'' by Camille Allaz, page 26.</ref>

The letters were marked "First Aerial Post, U.P. Exhibition Allahabad 1911."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://postalmuseumblog.si.edu/2011/01/india-and-the-worlds-first-official-air-mail-by-airplane.html|title = Blog | National Postal Museum}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Events & Dates|author=S. B. Bhattacherje|isbn= 9788120740747|page=A-175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGVSvXuCsyUC&q=allahabad+%3D+Google+Books&pg=SL1-PA63 |date=May 2009}}</ref>

== References==
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==External links==
* [[Aerophilately]]
* [http://www.earlyaviators.com/epequet.htm Henri Pequet] bio at Ralph Cooper's website
* [http://aviation.maisons-champagne.com/dir.php?centre=04-bio-pecquet&menu=11 Henri Pecquet - Champagne|Berceau De L'Aviation]

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