L'Oiseau Blanc (English: The White Bird) was a French Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927 during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic...
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Only two examples of the type were built, with the first PL.8-01 named L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), that gained fame as Nungesser and Coli's aircraft...
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Coli were preparing for an east-west crossing in a Levasseur aircraft, L'Oiseau Blanc. In April 1927 the various teams assembled and prepared for their attempts...
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Charles Nungesser. They took off from Paris on 8 May 1927 in the biplane L'Oiseau Blanc, but disappeared en route. In 1928, the Ontario Surveyor General named...
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bord L.: Où l'oiseau chante, M.: Où la source dort. L.: l'oiseau, l'oiseau chante. M.: Et l’oiseau, l’oiseau chante. L.: Dôme épais, blanc jasmin, M.:...
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departed Paris – Le Bourget Airport in the Levasseur PL 8 seaplane L'Oiseau Blanc; they disappeared somewhere in the Atlantic after last being seen crossing...
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Germain French Paris - 8th Élysée — L'Écrin French Paris - 8th Élysée L'Oiseau Blanc French Paris - 16th Passy L'Orangerie Contemporary Paris - 8th Élysée...
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connects with 800 destinations in Europe. On May 8, 1927, the White Bird (l'Oiseau blanc) took off from Le Bourget and its pilots, Charles Nungesser and François...
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Nungesser et Coli, named after the disappeared aviators of the 1927 biplane L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). avenue Bugeaud Portal: France Trocadéro Palace The...
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the last place in France from which the 1927 biplane The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) was seen. French World War I war heroes Charles Nungesser and François...
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only known remaining piece — the jettisoned main landing gear — of L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), the 1927 aircraft which attempted to make the first...
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from Paris to New York, flying with wartime comrade François Coli in L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird). Their aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927,...
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and Fernando de Noronha, in the Brazilian territory. Disappearance of L'Oiseau Blanc On 8–9 May 1927, Charles Nungesser and François Coli attempted to cross...
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found a wheel from the missing plane June 18 that year. May 8, 1927 L'Oiseau Blanc (Levasseur PL.8) 2 (François Coli & Charles Nungesser) Unknown North...
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scours the wilderness of Maine and Newfoundland to find the wreckage of L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), which disappeared in 1927 while competing for the...
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Jutland Ivanhoe, a Confederate blockade runner CSS Jamestown USS Keokuk L'Oiseau Blanc ("White Bird"), aircraft flown by Charles Nungesser and François Coli...
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In May 1927, Charles Nungesser and François Coli in their aircraft L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird) mysteriously disappeared in an attempt to make the...
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had been the departure point two weeks earlier for the French biplane L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), which took off in an attempt at a transatlantic flight...
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Spirit of St. Louis Bird of Paradise Miss Veedol Bremen Question Mark L'Oiseau Blanc VV. AA. «El 'timo' del Plus Ultra», diario ABC, 8 de agosto de 1988...
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First overflight of, and the first trip of any kind to, the North Pole. L'Oiseau Blanc Levasseur PL.8 biplane Private 1927 Disappeared while attempting the...
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Atlantic Ocean Both French aviators disappeared with their Levasseur PL.8 L'Oiseau Blanc while attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight from...
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airlines of Maine, military crash sites in the state, the disappearance of L'Oiseau Blanc and a 1920s aircraft mechanic's workshop. Another set of displays explain...
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muguet, "Fox Trot" 1926: Je pense à toi, sung by Mistinguett 1927: C'est l'oiseau blanc, lyrics by Didier Gold, éd. Marcel Labbé 1927: Oh ! ma poupée (Poupée...
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Martin Papirovski, Heike Nelsen-Minkenberg 2009 52 minutes Le mystère de l'oiseau blanc Louis-Pascal Couvelaire [fr] 2010 52 minutes À la poursuite du diamant...
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Ocean from Paris to the United States in the Levasseur PL.8 biplane L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), but disappear over the Atlantic. May 14 – After stops...
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A French attempt had been made in May 1927 aboard The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc), but the aircraft disappeared over the Atlantic. Two weeks later, the...
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Hidalgo and Charlier - Le hussard de la mors. Hidalgo and Charlier - L'oiseau blanc. Forton and Joly - Un kid de Londres. Forton and Joly - Carter, chasseur...
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departed from Paris at 5:18 am (11:18 pm Saturday in New York) in L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), a Levasseur biplane, in an attempt to make the first...
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Steamboat General Slocum Part 9: SS Waratah Part 10: RMS Carpathia Part 11: L’Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird, biplane flown by Charles Nungesser and François Coli...
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Officer of the Ordre national du Mérite (2004) "Décès de Michaël Denard, "l'oiseau de feu" de l'Opéra de Paris". France 24 (in French). Paris. 17 February...
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