On 18 January 2014, all the students from the École d’enseignement technique de l’armée de l’air (EETAA – French Air Force School of Technical Education) honoured the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation on the occasion of a unique event paying tribute to Major Antoine de Saint-Exupéry at air base 722 in Saintes.
This encounter allowed more than 350 young boys and girls from the EETAA to discover the international activities carried out by the Foundation and to attend a unique lecture given by Mr. François d’Agay, nephew and godson of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, Officer of the French Air Force delegated to Youth and Equal Opportunity.
The young student technicians then watched a video on French astronaut Claudie Haigneré, chairwoman of the Foundation’s patronage committee, and a report on the Solar Impulse project led by the Swiss adventurers, Dr. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, patrons of the Foundation, before attending a presentation of the exhibition “La Terre en heritage” (Inheriting the Earth, Saint-Exupéry: Save the Planet of The Little Prince) by Jean-Pierre Guéno, the author of a book of the same name, and director of culture at the Musée des lettres & manuscrits (Museum of Letters & Manuscripts) in Paris.
To conclude this unique event, a giant fresco of the writer and aviator’s life and work, painted by the students with the help of their teachers, was inaugurated by the Commandant of air base 722, Colonel Philippe Eschbach, and the representatives of the Foundation, who then christened the aeronautic hangar of the EETAA by unveiling a commemorative plaque in memory of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
Photos : © FASEJ
A the top : François d’Agay, Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, Colonel Philippe Eschbach and the teacher in charge of the fresco project.
On the right : Presentation of the “Saint-Exupéry” fresco by the students.
At the bottom : Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, François d’Agay and Colonel Philippe Eschbach.
Download the press articles on this events, by clicking on the following links :
Sud-Ouest du 19/01/2014
Le Littoral N° 5.436 du 31/01/2014
Watch the videos on this tribute
News report from 19/20 on France 3 Poitou-Charentes
Saturday, January 18, 2014
Claudie HAIGNERE speech, President of the Antoine de Saint Exupéry Youth Foundation patronage committee
On 18 January 2014, all the students from the École d’enseignement technique de l’armée de l’air (EETAA – French Air Force School of Technical Education) honoured the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation on the occasion of a unique event paying tribute to Major Antoine de Saint-Exupéry at air base 722 in Saintes.
This encounter allowed more than 350 young boys and girls from the EETAA to discover the international activities carried out by the Foundation and to attend a unique lecture given by Mr. François d’Agay, nephew and godson of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry,Officer of the French Air Force delegated to Youth and Equal Opportunity.
The young student technicians then watched a video on French astronaut Claudie Haigneré, chairwoman of the Foundation’s patronage committee, and a report on the Solar Impulse project led by the Swiss adventurers, Dr. Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg, patrons of the Foundation, before attending a presentation of the exhibition “La Terre en heritage” (Inheriting the Earth, Saint-Exupéry: Save the Planet of The Little Prince) by Jean-Pierre Guéno, the author of a book of the same name, and director of culture at the Musée des lettres & manuscrits (Museum of Letters & Manuscripts) in Paris.
To conclude this unique event, a giant fresco of the writer and aviator’s life and work, painted by the students with the help of their teachers, was inaugurated by the Commandant of air base 722, Colonel Philippe Eschbach, and the representatives of the Foundation, who then christened the aeronautic hangar of the EETAA by unveiling a commemorative plaque in memory of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
01- Presentation of the “Saint-Exupéry” fresco by the students.
02- François d’Agay, Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, Colonel Philippe Eschbach and the teacher in charge of the fresco project.
03- Lieutenant Colonel Hervé de Saint-Exupéry, François d’Agay and Colonel Philippe Eschbach.
