99 years ago
Disappearance of L’Oiseau Blanc
On this day, pilot Charles Nungesser and navigator François Coli took off from Paris heading for New York aboard a specially adapted single-engine biplane Levasseur PL-8 named L’Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird), intending to make the first non-stop flight between continental Europe and North America. The aircraft disappeared, presumably sinking in the Atlantic, although there are reports suggesting the crash may have occurred over land.
