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L'Oiseau Blanc (English: The White Bird [note 1]) was a French Levasseur PL.8 biplane that disappeared in 1927 during an attempt to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight between Paris and New York City to compete for the Orteig Prize.
L'Oiseau Blanc during the flight tests, in April 1927 L'Oiseau Blanc took off at 5:17 a.m. 8 May 1927 from Le Bourget Field in Paris, heading for New York. [ 6 ] [ 9 ] The biplane weighed 5,000 kg (11,000 lb) on takeoff, extremely heavy for a single-engined aircraft. [ 3 ]
Expedition Unknown premiered on January 8, 2015, on the Travel Channel [1] [2] and broadcast four seasons through 2017. [5] [6] [7]At the start of the fifth season in 2018, the series moved to Discovery Channel, which became the new home for the series.
Over half a century after its last sighting, a "lost species" of bird has been found—and this time, there is photographic evidence. On Sept. 13, the World Wildlife Fund reported that a New ...
Charles Nungesser was born on 15 March 1892 in Paris and, as a child, was very interested in competitive sports. After attending the École des Arts et Métiers, where he was a mediocre student who nonetheless excelled in sports such as boxing, he went to South America – first to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to search for an uncle who could not be located and then to Buenos Aires, Argentina ...
The National Park Service, which has reviewed video footage of the sighting, is taking the claim seriously, according to spokesperson Ana Beatriz Cholo.
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 – August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, and author. On May 20–21, 1927, he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris, a distance of 3,600 miles (5,800 km), flying alone for 33.5 hours.
South Carolina residents have reported 47 sightings of unidentified flying objects across the state this year, according to the National UFO Reporting Center.. While many people associate UFOs ...