Career
Franceschi is also a writer, a documentary & film maker, a sailor and a pilot. He has been awarded several medals and distinctions. Patrice Franceschi was also at the origins of many humanitarian missions in war zones (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Kurdistan, Somalia, Afghanistan, etc).
Franceschi is the captain of the 3-masted schooner Louisiana Boudeuse, aiming at scientific expeditions related to social evolutions and climate change matters.
He is most famous for being the first man to carry a solo around-the-world flight in an Aviasud Sirocco ultralight aeroplane from September 26, 1984 to March 26, 1987. Following this tour of 2½ years (562 hours of flight, across 33 countries), he wrote a book recounting his expedition: Louisiana folle équipéest
He also took part in many expeditions, including the project The Spirit of Bougainville, whose first ship Louisiana Boudeuse (a Chinese junk, thirty meters long), sank 130 miles east of Malta. He is the author of numerous books and has directed several films from his expeditions.
2015 de la Nouvelle for Première personne du singulier.