Raymond Orteig

Raymond Orteig (Louvie-Juzon, Yrénées-Atlantiques, France, 1870 - 1939) is an American business man, of French origin.

He is at the origin of the Prix Orteig which accepted Charles Lindbergh in 1927 to have carried out the first non-stop flight of New York to Paris.

He emigrated with the the United States in 1882 to join his uncle Joseph Orteig, to stop in New York. Cumulating various employment, steward, then chief-steward, it acquires the two hotels Brevoort and Lafayette in the district of Greenwich Village with Manhattan.

The idea of the Orteig Price came to him in May 1919 at the time of the first attempt from a transatlantic flight with stopovers (the Azores) realized by the commander Byrd with the NC-4 of US Navy, in 20 days, and perhaps after having attended a dinner in homage to the American ace stealing Eddie Rickenbacher. At the time of this dinner, Rickenbacher evoked the Franco-American friendship and its hope to see the two countries connected soon by air.

Its relations with the French aviators detached in the United States during the First World War to help with the creation of the American air forces and which liked to attend the hotels of Raymond Orteig, also doubtless influenced it.

With reading: Alain J. - B. Lalanne, " Raymond Orteig (1870-1939) - Of Béarn in New York - History of a patron of aviation , ED. Marrimpouey, Pau, 2007. 224 pages.

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