The eight 190Ts entered service in 1929 with
CIDNA, operating on various European routes. The 190T was not popular with CIDNA, whose president had been trying for several years to purchase more efficient and economical
Fokker F.VIIs. The last 190T was burnt on 3 January 1933. The 190 is best remembered for the exploits of the three 191GRs. The first built was used by
Louis Coudouret in an attempt to cross the North Atlantic in August
1928. This was unsuccessful when the aircraft first refused to leave the ground in Paris, and was later turned back by
Spanish authorities unwilling to permit the flight. On 7 July 1929, Coudouret crashed the aircraft near
Angoulême and was killed. The second example was used in the first successful French aerial crossing of the
North Atlantic. Painted bright yellow and dubbed
Oiseau Canari ("Canary Bird") it departed
Old Orchard Beach, Maine, on June 13, 1929 and piloted by
Jean Assolant,
René Lefèvre and
Armand Lotti, it completed the crossing to Oyambre Beach, near
Comillas,
Cantabria, Spain, in 29 hours 52 minutes, even with a stowaway (
Arthur Schreiber) aboard. This aircraft is now preserved in the ''
Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace''. The third 191GR was used by
Antoine Paillard to set two world airspeed records, for with a payload, and for with a payload. ==Variants==