At a very early age, Francis BERGESE was already fascinated by airplanes, and he obtained a flying licence at the incredibly young age of seventeen. He subsequently enlisted in the army and was flying reconnaissance missions by the age of twenty. Three years later, he took his first steps into the world of comics. His first work appeared in the monthly L'Étoile in 1963. He then drew his first complete stories in J2 Jeunes between 1964 and 1966. Then, through a press agency, he produced hundreds of pages for the magazines Zorro ('Jacques Renne', his first aviation comic), Amigo, Ajax, Cap 7 and Signe de Piste. He also made 'Les 3 Cascadeurs', 'Les 3 A' and 'Michel dans la Course' in Cyclomoto between 1969 and 1971, while also making some parodies in Télé-magazine and contributions to Francs-Jeux.  Source: Lambiek.