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The Compagnie des ''Grands Express Aériens'' was a pioneering French airline established 20 March 1919 and operating until merged with Compagnie des Messageries Aériennes to form Air Union on 1 January 1923. Headquartered at 3, Rue d'Anjou, Paris, ''CGEA'' operated passenger flights from Le Bourget Paris to London's Croydon Aerodrome and also to Lausanne, eventually adding Geneva service in late October 1921.〔(Air France Museum )〕〔(Pionnair GE (in French) )〕 They flew Farman F.60 ''Goliath'' aircraft, a design converted from an earlier bomber into a luxury cabin aircraft. They also purchased a ten passenger Vickers Vimy Commercial,〔(Vickers 66 Vimy )〕 also a converted bomber design. ==Accidents and incidents== *On 8 October 1921, A Farman F.60 Goliath made an emergency landing at Saint-Inglevert, Pas-de-Calais due to problems with a propeller shortly after the aircraft had crossed the French coast. The aircraft was operating an international scheduled passenger flight from Le Bourget Airport, Paris to Croydon Airport, Surrey, United Kingdom. Another aircraft was despatched from Paris to take the six passengers on to Croydon. *On 30 November 1921, Farman F.60 Goliath F-GEAD was damaged in a forced landing at Smeeth, Kent, United Kingdom. The aircraft was repaired and returned to service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FRENCH PRE-WAR REGISTER Version 120211 )〕 *On 11 February 1922, Goliath F-GEAI was written off in a forced landing at Farnborough, Kent.〔 (詳細はLe Bourget to London Croydon was lost in the first-ever midair collision of airliners. In early afternoon, under drizzle and fog conditions, the F.60 collided head-on with a Daimler Airway de Havilland DH.18A making the reverse run 150 metres above the same railway line. All seven people aboard the two aircraft were killed including three passengers on the Goliath. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grands Express Aériens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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