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unusual facts about Levasseur PL.14


Levasseur PL.14

Thirty PL.14s were purchased to equip the seaplane base at Berre.


Levasseur PL.8

On 20 December 1929, PL.8-02, registered F-AJKP to Cie Generale Aeropostale and based at Dakar, while flown by pilot Henry Delaunay, was badly damaged when it hit a pothole on landing at Istres and not repaired.

Crowds of people gathered in New York to witness the historic arrival, with tens of thousands of people crowding Battery Park in Manhattan to have a good view of the Statue of Liberty, where the aircraft was scheduled to touch down.

Orteig Prize

May 8 - Charles Nungesser and François Coli attempted a Paris to New York crossing in a Levasseur PL-8 biplane, ' L'Oiseau Blanc (The White Bird)' but were lost at sea, or possibly crashed in Maine


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