René Couzinet was the father of the "Arc-en-Ciel" (The Rainbow) - the three-engine record airplane. Powered by a trio of Hispano-Suiza engines, the "Arc-en-Ciel" made its first flight on February 1932. Next year, piloted by Jean Mermoz and accompanied by René Couzinet himself, this aircraft crossed the South Atlantic (Saint-Louis, Senegal to Natal, Brazil) in less than 12 hours. In the process the "Arc-en-Ciel" (The Rainbow) proved its reliability, an essential quality to future regular operations...

Судя по всему, с этой страной в ближайшее время будет связано много интересного, поэтому давайте познакомимся с ней в уже привычном формате: через коротенькие факты. Итак...