New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Together with mechanic Joseph De Bruycker and pilot Leopold Roger, navigator and pilot Edmond Thieffry left Brussels for Congo on 12 February 1925, for an 8,000 km flight. What made this feat all the more groundbreaking was the fact that the 'little Belgians' were the first to successfully fly across the Sahara, beating countries like France and Great Britain, despite the fact that the Princess Marie-Jose got lost in the desert twice. 51 days after their departure, our compatriots landed at the airport of Leopoldville, today's Kinshasa. Thus was born the very first connection by air between Belgium and DRC, a connection that today still occupies an important strategic place in the Brussels Airlines offer. In addition, t...