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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 ]
Meanwhile, in France, Charles Nungesser and François 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, but all suffered mishaps.
In the tweet, she specifically addressed The Peninsula, L’Oiseau Blanc for not giving her and her family a table. “Yikes @peninsulaparis,” she wrote on the platform at the time.
In a post shared to X, formerly known as Twitter, the Olympic champion claimed that she and her family weren’t allowed into the rooftop restaurant of The Peninsula, L’Oiseau Blanc.
If L'Oiseau Blanc was the English language common name, this name would used without translation on first reference. Kauffner 17:12, 26 December 2012 (UTC) Although the typical editorial standard, it is not entirely consistent in all sources, but certainly is the predominate standard.
After years of investigating crashes and settling claims, he turned to aviation mysteries like the legendary L’Oiseau Blanc (White Bird), which his brother told him about in 1980. The Levasseur ...
L'Oiseau Blanc (Levasseur PL.8) 2 (François Coli & Charles Nungesser) Unknown North Atlantic Ocean or Maine [9] This was an attempted transatlantic flight competing for the Orteig Prize. [10] May 26, 1927: Airco DH.9 (G-IAAB) [11] 2 (John James Crofts Cocks & LAC Rowston) Unknown Turkey (Konya & Eskişehir or Kütahya & Bandırma) [12]