![]() He became hypoxic and blacked out in flight. He had also made the mistake of accidentally flying to 10,000 meters (nearly 32,000 feet) instead of 10,000 feet without an oxygen mask. One crash, in 1935, left him stranded and near death in the Libyan Desert for four days. At the time of his disappearance, he had already been involved in several major crashes. Saint-Ex had an undeniable passion for flying, but he also had a reputation as an undisciplined pilot who read books while flying and had little patience for aircraft complexities. While that particular fleet opted not to fire on him, it’s entirely possible that on July 31 he encountered those who chose otherwise. Just eight days prior, while collecting intelligence on German troops, he encountered a fleet of hostile aircraft. ![]() With the world at war and Saint-Ex flying about in the hot zones, many believed that when he failed to return, it was because he had been shot down. ![]() A bracelet belonging to Antoine de Saint-Exupéry was found by a fisherman in the South of France in 1998. What happened to the famous, literary-minded pilot? For decades, it was a complete mystery. ![]()
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