| 词条 | Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert |
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}}{{Infobox Airline |airline=LARA |logo= |logo_size= |destinations=Leopoldville, Ngombe, Lisala, Stanleyville |IATA= |ICAO= |callsign= |company_slogan= |founded=1920 |ceased=1922 |headquarters= Leopoldville, Belgian Congo |key_people=Emile Allard |hubs=Leopoldville |frequent_flyer= |lounge= |alliance= |fleet_size=6 |website= }} Ligne Aérienne du Roi Albert (LARA) was a short-lived civilian airline in the Belgian Congo colony. HistoryBelgium had set up the SNETA in 1919 to study the possibilities and options of civilian air transport. In Europe, Sabena was created as a result, in their African colony the Belgians created CENAC (Comité d' Etude pour la Navigation Aérienne du Congo), which would evolve into the Ligne Aerienne du Roi Albert, so named after Albert I of Belgium who was a driving force behind the project in 1920.[1] The possibility of exploiting an aerial route along the Congo River was studied under the leadership of Emile Allard,[2] civil engineer, and Mr Michaux, a military officer. Routes and DestinationsThe airline had only a short life, first opening a {{convert|580|km|mi}} leg from Kinshasa (formerly Leopoldville) to Gombe on July 1, 1920. The second leg, {{convert|610|km|mi}} from Gombe to Lisala was opened on March 3, 1921. On July 1, 1921, exactly one year after the initial flight, the entire route from Kinshasa to Kisangani ({{convert|1725|km|mi}}) was finally opened, but operations were discontinued on June 7, 1922.[3]
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LARA operated six French-built Levy Lepen HB2 hydroplanes upstream along the Congo River. This choice was dictated by the absence of any landing sites along the route. The aircraft were also used to photograph and map the area. The airline was the very first one set-up by a European colonial power overseas. In total {{convert|125000|km|mi}} were covered during the airline's short life, amounting to 80 round trips, carrying 95 passengers and 2 tons of mail. DemiseAfter its demise in 1922, a Congo local network was set up in 1925 by Sabena, operating Handley-Page HP.66 Hercules trimotors, followed by regular Belgium-Congo link in 1935 using Fokker VIIs. References1. ^{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ca/books?id=KBmGpaD36cMC&pg=PA41&lpg=PA41&dq=Comit%C3%A9+d'+Etude+pour+la+Navigation+A%C3%A9rienne+du+Congo&source=bl&ots=nDgNUr7Z3t&sig=-TZJiMurNTWPETeOr5CIjgRb02M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwilhOyk19zLAhVovIMKHQQwDwgQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Comit%C3%A9%20d'%20Etude%20pour%20la%20Navigation%20A%C3%A9rienne%20du%20Congo&f=false|title=Encyclopedia of African Airlines|last=Guttery|first=Ben R.|date=1998-01-01|publisher=Ben Guttery|isbn=9780786404957|language=en}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.earlyaviators.com/eallarem.htm|title=Emile Allard|last=D.V.M.|first=Ralph S. Cooper,|website=www.earlyaviators.com|access-date=2017-08-16}} 3. ^{{cite journal|last=Vanthemsche|first=Guy|title=The Birth of Commercial Air Transport in Belgium (1919-1923)|journal= Revue Belge de Philologie et d'Histoire |volume=78|number=3|year=2000|pages=913–44|url=http://www.persee.fr/doc/rbph_0035-0818_2000_num_78_3_4471? |via=Persee.fr}} {{free access}} External links
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